Shloka 61
भीष्मस्य भीमसेन-निरोधः
Bhīṣma checks Bhīmasena; matched engagements intensify
अश्रिनौ श्रवणाौ नित्यं देवी जिह्नला सरस्वती । वेदा: संस्कारनिष्ठा हि त्वयीदं जगदाश्रितम्,अश्विनीकुमार आपके कान और सरस्वती देवी आपकी जिह्ढा हैं। वेद आपकी संस्कारनिष्ठा हैं। यह जगत् सदा आपहीके आधारपर टिका हुआ है
aśvinau śravaṇau nityaṃ devī jihvā sarasvatī | vedāḥ saṃskāra-niṣṭhā hi tvayi idaṃ jagad āśritam ||
Bhīṣma said: “The twin Ashvins are ever your ears, and the goddess Sarasvatī is your tongue. The Vedas are your steadfast foundation of sacred discipline and consecrated order. Upon you alone this entire world continually rests for its support.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that divine governance of the cosmos is expressed through sacred faculties—hearing, speech, and Vedic discipline—and that the world’s stability depends on the supreme sustaining principle addressed by Bhishma.
Bhishma offers a hymn-like praise, identifying cosmic deities and the Vedas as aspects or functions of the one he addresses, emphasizing that all order and support in the universe ultimately rests upon that supreme being.