Shloka 9
Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa
Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results
तद् वै सर्वानतिक्रम्य देवदानवराक्षसान् | मानुषानथ गन्धर्वान् नागानथ च पक्षिण:
tad vai sarvān atikramya devadānavarākṣasān | mānuṣān atha gandharvān nāgān atha ca pakṣiṇaḥ ||
भीष्म ने कहा— “वह देव, दानव, राक्षस, मनुष्य, गन्धर्व, नाग और पक्षी— सबको लाँघकर— अपने अचूक अस्त्र-बल से उस असुर का वध करेगा जिससे तुम्हें भय उत्पन्न हुआ है; और अन्य देवशत्रुओं का भी संहार कर देगा।”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes reassurance through righteous protection: a divinely empowered agent will transcend all classes of beings and remove the source of fear by destroying forces hostile to cosmic order (deva-śatru), implying that adharma is ultimately checked by dharmic power.
Bhishma is describing a powerful figure who will overcome every category of being—gods, demons, humans, and others—and will kill the particular Asura causing fear, along with other enemies of the gods.