Shloka 107
विहायसगतिर्ज्योति: सुरुचि तभुग् विभु: । रविर्विरोचन: सूर्य: सविता रविलोचन:
vihāyasagatir jyotiḥ suruciḥ hutabhuk vibhuḥ | ravir virocanaḥ sūryaḥ savitā ravilocanaḥ ||
Bhīṣma said: He is the one whose course is through the sky, self-luminous, of beautiful radiance; the eater of oblations (as Fire), all-pervading; the Sun who draws up the essences, the one who spreads light in many ways, the revealer of splendor, the cosmic impeller and progenitor (Savitṛ), and the one whose eyes are the Sun.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches devotion through recognizing the One divine reality in sustaining cosmic functions—light, movement, and nourishment—symbolized by the Sun and Fire. Ethically, it associates dharma with illumination: the divine ‘light’ that reveals truth and supports order in the world.
Bhīṣma is reciting a sequence of divine names/epithets (a stotra-like passage). This verse clusters solar and fiery titles—Sun, Savitṛ, and the consumer of offerings—presenting the deity as the cosmic illuminator and sustainer.