Shloka 104
भारभृत् कथितो योगी योगीश: सर्वकामद: । आश्रम: श्रमण: क्षाम: सुपर्णो वायुवाहन:
bhārabhṛt kathito yogī yogīśaḥ sarvakāmadāḥ | āśramaḥ śramaṇaḥ kṣāmaḥ suparṇo vāyuvāhanaḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。「彼は『荷を担う者』と呼ばれる——聖なる伝承に繰り返し語られる存在。ヨーギーにして、ヨーギーたちの主、あらゆる願いを成就させる者である。彼は安らぎを与える帰依処、悪しき者を戒める沙門、劫末に融解をもたらす力。ヴェーダを葉とする樹のごとき美翼の者であり、風そのものに行く力を授ける推進者である。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the divine sustains the world and devotees (as ‘bhārabhṛt’ and ‘āśrama’), perfects spiritual discipline (as ‘yogī’ and ‘yogīśa’), grants rightful aspirations (‘sarvakāmadā’), and also enforces moral-cosmic balance by chastening wrongdoing and ending creation at the appointed time (‘śramaṇa’, ‘kṣāma’).
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues his instruction by praising the supreme deity through a sequence of epithets—each name highlighting a different aspect of divine power: support of the earth, mastery of yoga, beneficence toward devotees, and governance of cosmic processes like wind and dissolution.