Shloka 31
Guru’s Instruction on Dream, Mind, Guṇas, and Knowing Brahman
Svapna–Manas–Guṇa–Brahma-vicāra
पितामह उवाच निहत्य दानवपतीन् महावर्ष्मा महाबल: । एष देवो महायोगी भूतात्मा भूतभावन:
pitāmaha uvāca: nihatya dānavapatīn mahāvarṣmā mahābalaḥ | eṣa devo mahāyogī bhūtātmā bhūtabhāvanaḥ ||
Pitāmaha dit : «Ô dieux ! Après avoir abattu les seigneurs des Dānavas, s’avance cette Divinité au corps immense et à la force souveraine. Il est le grand Yogin, le Soi intime de tous les êtres, et celui qui fait paraître et prospérer toute existence : c’est Viṣṇu.»
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents divine power as ethically oriented toward sustaining dharma: the Deity who destroys the leaders of destructive forces is simultaneously described as the inner Self and nurturer of all beings, implying that righteous force serves restoration of cosmic balance rather than personal hatred.
Pitāmaha identifies a divine figure approaching after defeating the chiefs of the Dānavas, praising him with epithets—immense in form, mighty in strength, a great yogin, the indwelling Self of beings, and the one who fosters creation—thereby interpreting the victory as a manifestation of divine guardianship.