Shloka 99
सुवर्णबिन्दुरक्षो भ्यः सर्ववागीश्ररेश्वर: । महाह्ददो महागर्तो महाभूतो महानिधि:
suvarṇabindur akṣobhyaḥ sarvavāgīśvareśvaraḥ | mahāhradō mahāgarto mahābhūto mahānidhiḥ ||
Bhīṣma dijo: Él es la sílaba mística de punta dorada, inconmovible por fuerza alguna, soberano incluso de todos los señores de la palabra. Él es el vasto lago en el que los meditadores se sumergen y quedan absortos en la dicha; el gran abismo de hondura insondable; la gran Realidad elemental e imperecedera; y el gran tesoro y refugio de todos los seres.
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.