Shloka 104
भारभृत् कथितो योगी योगीश: सर्वकामद: । आश्रम: श्रमण: क्षाम: सुपर्णो वायुवाहन:
bhārabhṛt kathito yogī yogīśaḥ sarvakāmadāḥ | āśramaḥ śramaṇaḥ kṣāmaḥ suparṇo vāyuvāhanaḥ ||
Dijo Bhīṣma: Se le llama el Portador de la carga—celebrado una y otra vez en la tradición sagrada; yogui, Señor de los yoguis, cumplidor de todos los deseos. Es el refugio que concede descanso; el asceta que castiga a los malvados; el poder que trae la disolución al fin de los tiempos; el de bellas alas, como un árbol cuyas hojas son los Vedas; y el impulsor que da al propio viento la fuerza para moverse.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the divine sustains the world and devotees (as ‘bhārabhṛt’ and ‘āśrama’), perfects spiritual discipline (as ‘yogī’ and ‘yogīśa’), grants rightful aspirations (‘sarvakāmadā’), and also enforces moral-cosmic balance by chastening wrongdoing and ending creation at the appointed time (‘śramaṇa’, ‘kṣāma’).
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues his instruction by praising the supreme deity through a sequence of epithets—each name highlighting a different aspect of divine power: support of the earth, mastery of yoga, beneficence toward devotees, and governance of cosmic processes like wind and dissolution.