Shloka 102
सहस्रार्चि: सप्तजिद्द: सप्तैधा: सप्तवाहन: । अमूर्तिरनघो$चिन्त्यो भयकृद् भयनाशन:
sahasrārciḥ saptajihvaḥ saptaidhāḥ saptavāhanaḥ | amūrtir anagho 'cintyo bhayakṛd bhayanāśanaḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。「彼は千の光を放つ者、七つの舌を持つ者、七つの炎を具える者、七頭の馬を駆る者である。無形にして無垢、思惟の及ばぬ者として、悪しき者には恐れを起こさせ、彼を憶念する者と正しき者の恐れを滅する。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises the Supreme as simultaneously awe-inspiring and protective: he terrifies those who uphold adharma, yet grants fearlessness to the righteous and to those who remember him. Ethically, it frames divine power as aligned with moral order—punishing wrongdoing and sheltering virtue.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and recites a litany of divine names (a stotra-like sequence). This verse is one segment of that praise, using solar and fiery imagery (Sun/Agni epithets) to describe the deity’s radiance, transcendence, and role as both chastiser and protector.