Shloka 26
सौम्या रौद्रा गणाश्वैव योगभूतगणास्तथा । ज्योतींषि सरितो व्योम सुपर्ण: पतगेश्वर:
saumyā raudrā gaṇāś caiva yogabhūta-gaṇās tathā | jyotīṁṣi sarito vyoma suparṇaḥ patageśvaraḥ ||
Bhishma berkata: “Ada gana yang lembut dan ada gana yang garang; dan demikian juga gana yang telah bersatu dengan kuasa yoga. Cahaya-cahaya di langit, sungai-sungai, langit itu sendiri, dan Suparṇa—raja segala burung—(semuanya termasuk dalam tertib kosmik itu).”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse classifies existence into diverse orders—benign and fierce hosts, yogically empowered beings, and even cosmic elements like luminaries, rivers, and the sky—suggesting a dharmic vision where the universe is an ordered totality of interrelated powers and beings.
Bhīṣma continues an enumerative description of various classes of beings and cosmic constituents, naming different gaṇas and prominent entities like Suparṇa (Garuḍa), as part of a broader instruction on sacred cosmology and the structure of the world.