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हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Englishසිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

Origin & Story

Srimad Bhagavata Purana, First Canto, Chapter 9 · Veda Vyasa (the prayer spoken by Bhishma; narrated by Suta to the sages) · Puranic

After the great war of Kurukshetra, Bhishma Pitamaha — the grand patriarch of the Kuru dynasty, who had the boon of choosing the time of his own death — lay upon a bed of arrows awaiting the auspicious northern course of the sun (Uttarayana). Krishna came to him with the Pandavas, and Bhishma instructed Yudhishthira at length on dharma. Then, as his final hour approached, Bhishma turned away from all else and fixed his mind and eyes wholly upon Lord Krishna. In these verses he expresses his love for the Lord's dark, beautiful form, recalls Krishna's deeds upon the battlefield — including the moment Krishna abandoned His own vow and charged at Bhishma with a chariot wheel to protect Arjuna — and, freed of every trace of duality, surrenders his soul into the Supreme and gives up his body in full consciousness.

✦ As told in scripture

It is said that Bhishma, by the power of his unbroken devotion, beheld the four-armed Lord Krishna standing before him and merged his life-breath into Him while gazing upon that form, attaining liberation at the very moment of death. Devotees hold that to remember the Lord with such love at the hour of passing, as Bhishma did, secures the soul's union with God.

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Verse 1

ඉති මතිරුපකල්පිතා විතෘෂ්ණා භගවති සාත්වතපුඞ්ගවේ විභූම්නි . ස්වසුඛමුපගතේ ක්වචිද්විහර්තුං ප්රකෘතිමුපේයුෂි යද්භවප්රවාහඃ ..

iti matir-upakalpitā vitṛṣṇā bhagavati sātvata-puṅgave vibhūmni | sva-sukham-upagate kvacid-vihartuṃ prakṛtim-upeyuṣi yad-bhava-pravāhaḥ ||

Meaning:इस प्रकार समस्त तृष्णा से रहित होकर मैं अपने मन को उस सर्वव्यापी सात्वतश्रेष्ठ भगवान् में लगाता हूँ, जो अपने ही आनन्द में मग्न रहते हुए कभी लीला हेतु अवतार लेकर रूप धारण करते हैं, और जिनसे यह समस्त संसार-प्रवाह उत्पन्न होता है।

Verse 2

ත්රිභුවනකමනං තමාලවර්ණං රවිකරගෞරවරාම්බරං දධානේ . වපුරලකකුලාවෘතානනාබ්ජං විජයසඛේ රතිරස්තු මේ(අ)නවද්යා ..

tri-bhuvana-kamanaṃ tamāla-varṇaṃ ravi-kara-gaura-varāmbaraṃ dadhāne | vapur-alaka-kulāvṛtānanābjaṃ vijaya-sakhe ratir-astu me'navadyā ||

Meaning:मेरी निर्मल, निर्दोष प्रीति उन पर हो — जो अर्जुन के सखा हैं, तीनों लोकों में सर्वाधिक सुन्दर, तमालवृक्ष-सदृश श्यामवर्ण, सूर्य की किरणों-सी देदीप्यमान पीताम्बर धारण किए, जिनका कमल-मुख घुँघराले केशों से घिरा है।

Verse 3

යුධි තුරගරජෝවිධූම්රවිෂ්වක්- කචලුලිතශ්රමවාර්යලඞ්කෘතාස්යේ . මම නිශිතශරෛර්විභිද්යමාන- ත්වචි විලසත්කවචේ(අ)ස්තු කෘෂ්ණ ආත්මා ..

yudhi turaga-rajo-vidhūmra-viṣvak- kaca-lulita-śrama-vāry-alaṅkṛtāsye | mama niśita-śarair-vibhidyamāna- tvaci vilasat-kavace'stu kṛṣṇa ātmā ||

Meaning:रणभूमि में, जिनका मुख घोड़ों के खुरों से उठी धूल से धूसर तथा श्रमजनित स्वेदबिन्दुओं से सुशोभित था, जिनकी त्वचा मेरे तीक्ष्ण बाणों से बिंध रही थी, जिनका कवच चमक रहा था — उन कृष्ण में मेरी आत्मा स्थित हो।

Verse 4

සපදි සඛිවචෝ නිශම්ය මධ්යේ නිජපරයෝර්බලයෝ රථං නිවේශ්ය . ස්ථිතවති පරසෛනිකායුරක්ෂ්ණා හෘතවති පාර්ථසඛේ රතිර්මමාස්තු ..

sapadi sakhi-vaco niśamya madhye nija-parayor-balayo rathaṃ niveśya | sthitavati para-sainikāyur-akṣṇā hṛtavati pārtha-sakhe ratir-mamāstu ||

Meaning:अपने सखा (अर्जुन) के वचन सुनते ही जिन्होंने दोनों सेनाओं के बीच रथ खड़ा कर दिया, और वहीं अपनी दृष्टिमात्र से शत्रुपक्ष के सैनिकों की आयु हर ली — उन पार्थसखा में मेरी प्रीति हो।

Verse 5

ව්යවහිතපෘතනාමුඛං නිරීක්ෂ්ය ස්වජනවධාද්විමුඛස්ය දෝෂබුද්ධ්යා . කුමතිමහරදාත්මවිද්යයා යශ්- චරණරතිඃ පරමස්ය තස්ය මේ(අ)ස්තු ..

vyavahita-pṛtanā-mukhaṃ nirīkṣya sva-jana-vadhād-vimukhasya doṣa-buddhyā | kumatim-aharad-ātma-vidyayā yaś- caraṇa-ratiḥ paramasya tasya me'stu ||

Meaning:जब मुझे सेना के अग्रभाग में देखकर अर्जुन स्वजनों के वध से विमुख हो गए, इसे पाप समझकर, तब जिन्होंने आत्मविद्या के उपदेश से उनकी कुमति (मोह) हर ली — उन परमेश्वर के चरणों में मेरी रति हो।

Verse 6

ස්වනිගමමපහාය මත්ප්රතිජ්ඤා- මෘතමධිකර්තුමවප්ලුතෝ රථස්ථඃ . ධෘතරථචරණෝ(අ)භ්යයාච්චලද්ගු- ර්හරිරිව හන්තුමිභං ගතෝත්තරීයඃ ..

sva-nigamam-apahāya mat-pratijñām- ṛtam-adhi-kartum-avapluto ratha-sthaḥ | dhṛta-ratha-caraṇo'bhyayāc-calad-gur- harir-iva hantum-ibhaṃ gatottarīyaḥ ||

Meaning:मेरी प्रतिज्ञा को सत्य करने के लिए जिन्होंने अपनी प्रतिज्ञा (अस्त्र न उठाने की) त्याग दी — रथ से कूदकर, रथचक्र उठाकर, उत्तरीय गिराते हुए, पृथ्वी को कँपाते हुए, सिंह के हाथी पर झपटने के समान मुझ पर दौड़े।

Verse 7

ශිතවිශිඛහතෝ විශීර්ණදංශඃ ක්ෂතජපරිප්ලුත ආතතායිනෝ මේ . ප්රසභමභිසසාර මද්වධාර්ථං ස භවතු මේ භගවාන්ගතිර්මුකුන්දඃ ..

śita-viśikha-hato viśīrṇa-daṃśaḥ kṣataja-paripluta ātatāyino me | prasabham-abhisasāra mad-vadhārthaṃ sa bhavatu me bhagavān-gatir-mukundaḥ ||

Meaning:मेरे तीक्ष्ण बाणों से आहत, कवच छिन्न-भिन्न, शरीर रक्त से सना हुआ — वे आततायी मुझ पर मेरा वध करने हेतु वेग से दौड़े; वे ही भगवान् मुकुन्द मेरी गति हों।

Verse 8

විජයරථකුටුම්බ ආත්තතෝත්රේ ධෘතහයරශ්මිනි තච්ඡ්රියේක්ෂණීයේ . භගවති රතිරස්තු මේ මුමූර්ෂෝ- ර්යමිහ නිරීක්ෂ්ය හතා ගතාඃ ස්වරූපම් ..

vijaya-ratha-kuṭumba ātta-totre dhṛta-haya-raśmini tac-chriyekṣaṇīye | bhagavati ratir-astu me mumūrṣor- yam-iha nirīkṣya hatā gatāḥ sva-rūpam ||

Meaning:इस मृत्यु के समय मेरी प्रीति उन भगवान् में हो, जो अर्जुन के रथ के अश्वों की रास और चाबुक धारण किए हैं, जिनकी शोभा अनुपम है — जिन्हें यहाँ रणभूमि में देखकर प्राण त्यागने वाले उन्हीं के स्वरूप को प्राप्त हुए।

Verse 9

ලලිතගතිවිලාසවල්ගුහාස- ප්රණයනිරීක්ෂණකල්පිතෝරුමානාඃ . කෘතමනුකෘතවත්ය උන්මදාන්ධාඃ ප්රකෘතිමගන්කිල යස්ය ගෝපවධ්වඃ ..

lalita-gati-vilāsa-valgu-hāsa- praṇaya-nirīkṣaṇa-kalpitoru-mānāḥ | kṛtam-anu-kṛtavatya unmadāndhāḥ prakṛtim-agan-kila yasya gopa-vadhvaḥ ||

Meaning:जिनकी मनोहर चाल, सुन्दर मुस्कान और प्रेमभरी चितवन से व्रज की गोपियाँ गर्वित हो उठीं, और प्रेमोन्माद में जिनकी प्रत्येक चेष्टा का अनुकरण करती हुई उनके ही स्वरूप को प्राप्त हुईं — उन प्रभु में मेरा मन रमे।

Verse 10

මුනිගණනෘපවර්යසඞ්කුලේ(අ)න්තඃ සදසි යුධිෂ්ඨිරරාජසූය ඒෂාම් . අර්හණමුපපේද ඊක්ෂණීයෝ මම දෘශිගෝචර ඒෂ ආවිරාත්මා ..

muni-gaṇa-nṛpa-varya-saṅkule'ntaḥ sadasi yudhiṣṭhira-rāja-sūya eṣām | arhaṇam-upapeda īkṣaṇīyo mama dṛśi-gocara eṣa āvir-ātmā ||

Meaning:ऋषियों और श्रेष्ठ नरेशों से भरी राजा युधिष्ठिर के राजसूय यज्ञ की महान् सभा में जिन्हें सर्वप्रथम अग्रपूजा के योग्य चुना गया — वही परमात्मा आज मेरे नेत्रों के समक्ष प्रकट हैं।

Verse 11

තමිමමහමජං ශරීරභාජාං හෘදි හෘදි ධිෂ්ඨිතමාත්මකල්පිතානාම් . ප්රතිදෘශමිව නෛකධාර්කමේකං සමධිගතෝ(අ)ස්මි විධූතභේදමෝහඃ ..

tam-imam-aham-ajaṃ śarīra-bhājāṃ hṛdi hṛdi dhiṣṭhitam-ātma-kalpitānām | prati-dṛśam-iva naikadhārkam-ekaṃ samadhigato'smi vidhūta-bheda-mohaḥ ||

Meaning:वे अजन्मा प्रभु प्रत्येक देहधारी के हृदय में अन्तरात्मा रूप से स्थित हैं, एक होते हुए भी अनेक से प्रतीत होते हैं — जैसे एक ही सूर्य अनेक नेत्रों में प्रतिबिम्बित होता है। भेद के मोह से रहित होकर अब मैंने उन्हें प्राप्त कर लिया है।

Word-by-Word Meaning

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ඉති මතිඃ උපකල්පිතා විතෘෂ්ණා🔊iti matir upakalpitā vitṛṣṇāthus I fix my mind, free of all worldly craving

භගවති සාත්වතපුඞ්ගවේ🔊bhagavati sātvata-puṅgaveupon the Lord, the foremost of the Satvata (Yadava) clan

විභූම්නි🔊vibhūmnithe all-pervading, infinite one

ත්රිභුවනකමනං🔊tri-bhuvana-kamanaṃthe most beautiful and beloved of all the three worlds

තමාලවර්ණං🔊tamāla-varṇaṃdark in hue like the tamala tree

රවිකරගෞරවරාම්බරං🔊ravi-kara-gaura-varāmbaraṃwearing fine yellow garments shining like the rays of the sun

අලකකුලාවෘතානනාබ්ජං🔊alaka-kulāvṛtānanābjaṃHis lotus face framed by clusters of curling hair

විජයසඛේ රතිඃ අස්තු මේ අනවද්යා🔊vijaya-sakhe ratir astu me'navadyāmay my flawless love be fixed on Him, the friend of Arjuna (Vijaya)

යුධි තුරගරජෝවිධූම්ර🔊yudhi turaga-rajo-vidhūmraon the battlefield, greyed by the dust raised by the horses' hooves

ශ්රමවාරි අලඞ්කෘතාස්යේ🔊śrama-vāry-alaṅkṛtāsyeHis face adorned with beads of perspiration from the exertion

මම නිශිතශරෛඃ විභිද්යමානත්වචි🔊mama niśita-śarair vibhidyamāna-tvaciHis skin pierced by my sharp arrows

කෘෂ්ණේ ආත්මා🔊kṛṣṇa ātmāmay my very soul rest in Krishna

සපදි සඛිවචඃ නිශම්ය🔊sapadi sakhi-vaco niśamyaat once hearing the words of His friend (Arjuna)

රථං නිවේශ්ය🔊rathaṃ niveśyaplacing the chariot between the two armies

ස්වනිගමම් අපහාය🔊sva-nigamam apahāyaabandoning His own vow (not to take up arms)

මත්ප්රතිජ්ඤාම් ඍතම් අධිකර්තුම්🔊mat-pratijñām ṛtam adhi-kartumin order to make my vow come true

ධෘතරථචරණඃ අභ්යයාත්🔊dhṛta-ratha-caraṇo'bhyayātHe rushed forward seizing a chariot wheel

හරිඃ ඉව හන්තුම් ඉභං🔊harir iva hantum ibhaṃlike a lion charging to kill an elephant

සඃ භවතු මේ භගවාන් ගතිඃ මුකුන්දඃ🔊sa bhavatu me bhagavān gatir mukundaḥmay that Lord Mukunda, the giver of liberation, be my refuge

ගෝපවධ්වඃ ප්රකෘතිම් අගන්🔊gopa-vadhvaḥ prakṛtim aganthe cowherd women (gopis) attained His very nature

විධූතභේදමෝහඃ🔊vidhūta-bheda-mohaḥfreed of the delusion of all difference and duality

තම් ඉමම් අහම් අජං සමධිගතඃ අස්මි🔊tam imam aham ajaṃ samadhigato'smiI have now fully attained Him, the unborn one

Benefits of Chanting भीष्म स्तुति

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Regarded as the supreme model of fixing the mind on the Lord at the hour of death

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Inspires unwavering, one-pointed devotion (ananya bhakti) to Lord Krishna

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Dissolves the delusion of duality and reveals the Lord seated in every heart

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Recited for a peaceful, conscious and fearless passing, as Bhishma attained

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Frees the heart from worldly craving (vitrishna) and attachment

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Held to bestow liberation (moksha) through loving remembrance of the Lord's form

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Cultivates the vision that sees God's beauty even amid hardship and conflict

How to Chant भीष्म स्तुति

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Best TimeEarly morning after a bath; on Ekadashi, Janmashtami and during paath for departed souls

Bathe and sit calmly facing east before an image of Lord Krishna. Recite the Bhishma Stuti slowly, picturing Krishna as Bhishma beheld Him on the field of Kurukshetra. Reflect on each verse as a meditation on fixing the mind wholly on the Lord. It is read daily by devotees as a hymn of surrender, and is traditionally recited for the peace and liberation of the dying and the departed, since Bhishma attained the Lord by this very prayer at the moment of death.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete भीष्म स्तुति written in the Sinhala script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.

Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.

The Bhishma Stuti is the prayer offered by Bhishma Pitamaha to Lord Krishna as he lay dying on his bed of arrows after the Kurukshetra war. It is recorded in the Ninth Chapter of the First Canto of the Srimad Bhagavata Purana, and is one of the most celebrated devotional hymns spoken at the moment of death.

Though Bhishma fought for the Kauravas out of duty, his heart was always devoted to Krishna as the Supreme Lord. On his deathbed he chose Krishna as his sole refuge, recalling with love even the moment when Krishna, to honour Bhishma's own vow, took up a chariot wheel and charged at him in battle. For Bhishma, that fierce charge was the Lord's supreme grace.

Bhishma had vowed to make Krishna take up arms in the war, while Krishna had vowed only to drive Arjuna's chariot and not to fight. When Bhishma rained arrows upon Arjuna, Krishna leapt down, seized a chariot wheel, and rushed at Bhishma to defend His devotee. By breaking His own vow to honour His devotee's, Krishna showed that He values His devotees' word above His own — Bhishma recalls this with overflowing love.

It teaches the supreme value of fixing the mind entirely on the Lord at the time of death, free of craving and free of the illusion of duality. Bhishma sees the one Lord present in every heart like the single sun reflected in countless eyes, and by this vision merges into Him. It is the ideal example of conscious, loving departure from the body.