Shloka 110

Devanagari script

९०६ अरौद्र:-सब प्रकारके रुद्र (क्रूर) भावोंसे रहित शान्तिमूर्ति

Transliteration

araudraḥ, kuṇḍalī, cakrī, vikramī, ūrjitaśāsanaḥ, śabdātigaḥ, śabdasahaḥ, śiśiraḥ, śarvarīkaraḥ

Translation

ଭୀଷ୍ମ ଉପାଧିମାଳାରେ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନା କଲେ—ସେ ଅରୌଦ୍ର, ରୁଦ୍ରସଦୃଶ କ୍ରୂରତାରହିତ ଶାନ୍ତିମୂର୍ତ୍ତି; ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟସମ ଦୀପ୍ତ ମକରାକୃତି କୁଣ୍ଡଳଧାରୀ; ସୁଦର୍ଶନ ଚକ୍ରଧାରୀ; ଅତୁଲ ପରାକ୍ରମଶାଳୀ; ଶ୍ରୁତି-ସ୍ମୃତି ଆଧାରିତ ପରମାଧିକାର ଶାସକ। ସେ ଶବ୍ଦର ପହଞ୍ଚ ପାରେ, ବାଣୀର ବିଷୟ ନୁହେଁ; ତଥାପି ତାଙ୍କ ପ୍ରତି କହାଯାଇଥିବା କଠୋର ଶବ୍ଦ ସହନ କରନ୍ତି। ତ୍ରିତାପଦଗ୍ଧଙ୍କୁ ଶୀତଳ ଶାନ୍ତି ଦେଇଥାନ୍ତି; ଏବଂ ‘ରାତ୍ରି’ର କର୍ତ୍ତା—ଜ୍ଞାନୀଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ସଂସାର ଅନ୍ଧକାରସମ, ଅଜ୍ଞାନୀଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ସତ୍ୟଜ୍ଞାନ ରାତ୍ରିସମ ରହେ।

Word by Word

• अरौद्रः: free from cruelty/anger; gentle
• अरौद्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरौद्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुण्डली: wearing earrings
• कुण्डली: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुण्डलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चक्री: bearing the discus (chakra)
• चक्री: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चक्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विक्रमी: valiant; mighty in prowess
• विक्रमी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विक्रमिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ऊर्जितशासनः: whose rule/ordinance is exalted
• ऊर्जितशासनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्जित-शासन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शब्दातिगः: beyond words/sound
• शब्दातिगः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शब्द-अतिग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शब्दसहः: enduring harsh words
• शब्दसहः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शब्द-सह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शिशिरः: cool; soothing
• शिशिरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिशिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शर्वरीकरः: maker/producer of night (darkness)
• शर्वरीकरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शर्वरी-कर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa (implied by cakrī, Sudarśana)
• Sudarśana Cakra
• Makara-shaped earrings (makarākṛti kuṇḍala)
• Śruti
• Smṛti

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that the highest divine power combines supreme authority with supreme restraint: though beyond speech and unrivaled in might, the Lord remains peaceful, patient under insult, and cooling to those in distress—modeling dharmic strength as self-mastery and compassionate governance grounded in śruti and smṛti.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is reciting a sequence of divine epithets (as in the Viṣṇu-sahasranāma tradition) to describe the Lord’s nature—His symbols (earrings, discus), His ethical qualities (non-cruelty, forbearance), His transcendence (beyond words), and His cosmic function of differentiating the experience of ignorance and wisdom.