Shloka 48
अग्नीषोमोत्पत्तिः
Agni–Soma Origin and the Brahmāgnīṣomīya Doctrine
यस्मादाप्यायते सोमो निधिर्दिव्योडमृतस्य च । षष्ठ: परिवहो नाम स वायुर्जयतां वर:
yasmād āpyāyate somo nidhir divyo 'mṛtasya ca | ṣaṣṭhaḥ parivaho nāma sa vāyur jayatāṃ varaḥ ||
भीष्म ने कहा—जिस वायु-तत्त्व से सोम (चन्द्रमा)—जो अमृत की दिव्य निधि है—पोषित होता है, वह छठा वायु ‘परिवह’ कहलाता है; विजय देने वालों में वह श्रेष्ठ है।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ordered functioning of the cosmos: specific forces (here, the sixth wind called Parivaha) sustain celestial phenomena such as Soma, who is described as a divine repository of amṛta. It frames natural processes as part of a purposeful, dharma-aligned cosmic order.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs on higher principles connected with governance and right order. Here he enumerates and praises a particular cosmic wind—Parivaha—describing its role in nourishing Soma and calling it foremost among victory-bringing forces.