Shloka 90
मृत्युरात्मा च लोकाश्न जिता भूतानि पञ्च च । बुद्धि: कालो मनो व्योम कामक्रोधी तथैव च,इस प्रकार सुदर्शनने अतिथि-सत्कारके पुण्यसे मृत्यु, आत्मा, लोक, पञ्चभूत, बुद्धि, काल, मन, आकाश, काम और क्रोधको भी जीत लिया
mṛtyur ātmā ca lokāś ca jitā bhūtāni pañca ca | buddhiḥ kālo mano vyoma kāma-krodhau tathaiva ca ||
Bhīṣma berkata: “Dengan pahala yang diperoleh melalui memuliakan tetamu, Sudarśana menjadi menang bahkan atas Kematian, Diri, segala dunia, lima unsur agung, akal budi, Masa, minda, ruang, dan demikian juga nafsu serta kemarahan.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that atithi-satkāra (honoring a guest) is a potent form of dharma whose puṇya strengthens inner discipline and can symbolically ‘conquer’ even the greatest forces—mortality, time, and the passions of desire and anger.
Bhīṣma is praising Sudarśana’s extraordinary spiritual attainment, attributing it to the merit of proper guest-hospitality; the list of ‘conquered’ powers functions as a poetic measure of how far dharmic conduct elevates a person.