Shloka 99
सुवर्णबिन्दुरक्षो भ्यः सर्ववागीश्ररेश्वर: । महाह्ददो महागर्तो महाभूतो महानिधि:
suvarṇabindur akṣobhyaḥ sarvavāgīśvareśvaraḥ | mahāhradō mahāgarto mahābhūto mahānidhiḥ ||
Bhīṣma said: He is the golden-pointed mystic syllable, unshakable by any force, the sovereign even of all lords of speech. He is the vast lake into which meditators plunge and become absorbed in bliss; the great abyss of unfathomable depth; the great, imperishable elemental Reality; and the great treasure-house and refuge of all beings.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents the Supreme as the unshakable ground of reality and the ultimate source and master of speech, knowledge, and bliss. Ethically, it directs the listener toward steadiness (akṣobhyatā), reverent contemplation, and reliance on the Divine as the deepest refuge and ‘treasure’ beyond worldly instability.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and spiritual practice. Here he continues a litany of divine names (stuti), describing the Lord through dense epithets that highlight transcendence, sovereignty, and the meditative experience of entering divine bliss.