Shloka 92
सुवर्णवर्णो हेमाड़ो वराड्रश्वन्दनाड़दी | वीरहा विषम: शून्यो घृताशीरचलश्चल:
Bhīṣma uvāca: suvarṇavarṇo hemāṇḍo varāṅgaś candanāṅgadī | vīrahā viṣamaḥ śūnyo ghṛtāśīr acalaś calaḥ ||
Bhīṣma dijo: «Es de tono dorado, resplandeciente como el oro, dotado de miembros supremamente excelentes y adornado con pasta de sándalo y brazaletes. Es el matador de enemigos heroicos, sin igual, y sin embargo más allá de toda descripción limitante. Es tierno con quienes buscan refugio, inquebrantable en su determinación y también veloz: lo penetra todo como el viento».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the highest divine reality can be described through many epithets, including apparent opposites: compassionate yet a destroyer of evil, unmoving in essence yet moving everywhere in power. This frames dharma as protected by a deity who is both transcendent (beyond limiting description) and immanent (present and active in the world).
Bhishma is reciting a sequence of laudatory names/qualities (a stotra-like passage) describing the supreme deity’s form, ornaments, power, and metaphysical nature. The verse functions as part of a larger praise-list meant to inspire devotion and convey the deity’s role as protector and moral governor.