Shloka 89
सवज़मुद्यतं बाहुं दृष्टवा पाशांश्व वारुणान्,'दैत्यराज! मेरे हाथको वज्र एवं वरुणपाशसहित ऊपर उठा देखकर मारनेकी इच्छासे आयी हुई मृत्युका भी दिल दहल जाता है; फिर दूसरा कौन है जिसकी बुद्धि व्यथित न हो। तुम्हारी बुद्धि तत्वको जाननेवाली और स्थिर है; इसलिये तनिक भी विचलित नहीं होती है
savajram udyataṃ bāhuṃ dṛṣṭvā pāśāṃś ca vāruṇān | daityarāja! mama bāhuṃ vajra-varuṇapāśa-sahitam ūrdhvaṃ kṛtvā hantum icchayāgatāyā mṛtyor api hṛdayaṃ kampate; punaḥ kaḥ sa anyaḥ yasya buddhir na vyathate | tava buddhis tattva-jñāna-yuktā sthirā ca; tasmāt sā kṣaṇam api na vicalati ||
Bhishma said: “O king of the Daityas! When Death itself comes intent on slaying, even it trembles at the sight of my arm raised aloft, bearing the thunderbolt and Varuṇa’s nooses. Who else, then, would not have his mind shaken? But your understanding is steady and grounded in knowledge of reality; therefore it does not waver even for a moment.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True steadiness comes from tattva-jñāna—clear knowledge of reality. External threats that shake ordinary minds need not disturb one whose intellect is disciplined and rooted in truth.
Bhishma addresses a Daitya-king, describing the terrifying power of his raised arm armed with vajra and Varuṇa’s nooses—so formidable that even personified Death would tremble—then praises the Daitya-king for remaining unshaken due to his stable, truth-knowing intellect.