Shloka 153
Dharma-vyādha on Parental Worship
Pitṛ-mātṛ-śuśrūṣā as Paramadaivata
स्वप्रभावाद् दुराधर्षो महाबलपराक्रम: । वे चारों वेदोंके विद्वान् हैं। जरायुज आदि चतुर्विध जीव उन्हींके स्वरूप हैं। उनके चार मुख हैं। उनके बल और पराक्रम महान् हैं। वे अपने प्रभावसे दुर्धर्ष हैं
svaprabhāvād durādharṣo mahābala-parākramaḥ | caturṇāṃ vedānāṃ vidvān | jarāyujādi-caturvidha-jīvāḥ tasyaiva svarūpāḥ | tasya catvāri mukhāni | tasya balaṃ ca parākramaś ca mahān | sa svaprabhāvena durādharṣaḥ |
マールカンデーヤは言った。「その生得の光輝によって、彼は攻め難く、無量の力と英雄の威猛を具える。四つのヴェーダすべてに通暁し、胎生をはじめとする四種の生類は、ことごとく彼自身の形相の顕現である。彼には四つの面があり、その力と武勇は偉大である。自性の威力によって、誰ひとり彼に勝つことはできない。」
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
True authority is grounded in intrinsic power joined with sacred knowledge: the figure described is unconquerable not by external weapons alone but by innate spiritual potency and complete Vedic wisdom, suggesting that dharma and cosmic order rest on inner excellence and right knowledge.
Mārkaṇḍeya is describing a supremely powerful, four-faced being learned in the four Vedas, identifying the entire spectrum of living creatures as manifestations of that being’s form—an exalted portrayal that frames the character as a cosmic principle of creation and order.