Shloka 110
९०६ अरौद्र:-सब प्रकारके रुद्र (क्रूर) भावोंसे रहित शान्तिमूर्ति
araudraḥ, kuṇḍalī, cakrī, vikramī, ūrjitaśāsanaḥ, śabdātigaḥ, śabdasahaḥ, śiśiraḥ, śarvarīkaraḥ
अरौद्रः कुण्डली चक्री विक्र्म्य् ऊर्जितशासनः । शब्दातिगः शब्दसहः शिशिरः शर्वरीकरः ॥
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.