Shloka 133
Guru’s Instruction on Dream, Mind, Guṇas, and Knowing Brahman
Svapna–Manas–Guṇa–Brahma-vicāra
वराहरूपिणं देवमधृष्यममरैरपि । “वे दानव वर पाकर बल और अभिमानसे मत्त हो उठे हैं। वे मूढ़ दैत्य अव्यक्तस्वरूप भगवान् विष्णुको नहीं जानते
varāharūpiṇaṃ devam adhṛṣyam amarair api |
Bhīṣma dit : «Ils ne reconnaissent pas le Seigneur divin, au-delà de toute manifestation, invincible même pour les dieux. Ayant pris la forme de Varāha, le Sanglier, il demeure inattaquable ; et pourtant ces Dānavas égarés, ivres de force et d’orgueil, ne le connaissent pas.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power and pride can blind beings to the highest reality: the Lord may be beyond ordinary perception and yet decisively present. The verse warns that arrogance (mada) and delusion (moha) prevent recognition of the divine, who remains unconquerable even to the gods.
Bhīṣma describes how the Dānavas, swollen with strength and self-conceit, fail to understand the unmanifest Lord (implicitly Viṣṇu) who has taken the Varāha form. He emphasizes the Lord’s invincibility—‘unassailable even by the gods.’