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Shloka 43

अग्नीषोमोत्पत्तिः

Agni–Soma Origin and the Brahmāgnīṣomīya Doctrine

योडसौ वहति भूतानां विमानानि विहायसा । चतुर्थ: संवहो नाम वायु: स गिरिमर्दन:

yo 'sau vahati bhūtānāṁ vimānāni vihāyasā | caturthaḥ saṁvaho nāma vāyuḥ sa girimardanaḥ ||

ビーシュマは語った。「虚空をゆく衆生の空中車(ヴィマーナ)を天に運び進ませる風—第四の風サンヴァハ(Saṁvaha)—は『山を砕く者』と呼ばれる。高みに動くものすべてを担い、駆り立てる大いなる力である。」

यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
असौthat (one), he
असौ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअसद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्: असौ)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वहतिcarries, bears
वहति:
TypeVerb
Rootवह्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
भूतानाम्of beings/creatures
भूतानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
विमानानिaerial cars, chariots
विमानानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविमान
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
विहायसाthrough the sky
विहायसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootविहायस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
चतुर्थःthe fourth
चतुर्थः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर्थ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
संवहःSaṃvaha (name of a wind)
संवहः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंवह
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नामby name, called
नाम:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनामन् (अव्यय-रूप: नाम)
वायुःwind
वायुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवायु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सःhe, that
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गिरिमर्दनःcrusher of mountains
गिरिमर्दनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगिरिमर्दन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
V
Vāyu (wind)
S
Saṁvaha (the fourth wind)
V
Vimāna (aerial vehicle)
V
Vihāyas (sky/atmosphere)
G
Giri (mountains)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the ordered powers within nature: specific winds have defined functions, and Saṁvaha is identified as the force that carries aerial movement. In the Shanti Parva’s instructional setting, such descriptions reinforce the idea that the world is sustained by structured, nameable principles—an implicit support for dharma as cosmic order.

Bhishma is enumerating and characterizing types of wind. Here he names the ‘fourth’ wind as Saṁvaha and describes its role as bearing vimānas through the sky, emphasizing its immense strength with the epithet ‘girimardana’ (mountain-crusher).