Shloka 7
योग–सांख्यसमन्वयः, रथोपमा, व्यक्त–अव्यक्तविवेकः
Yoga–Sāṃkhya Synthesis, Chariot Allegory, and the Vyakta–Avyakta Distinction
सहस्ननयनशक्षापि वज्री शम्बरपाकहा । तस्या देवर्षिजुष्टायास्तीरमभ्याजगाम ह,इसी समय शम्बरासुर और पाक नामक दैत्यका वध करनेवाले वज्रधारी सहस्रलोचन इन्द्र भी देवर्षियोंद्वारा सेवित गंगाजीके उसी तटपर आये
sahasranayanaśakṣāpi vajrī śambarapākahā | tasyā devarṣijuṣṭāyās tīram abhyājagāma ha ||
भीष्म उवाच—ततः सहस्रलोचनः शक्रो वज्री शम्बरपाकहा देवर्षिजुष्टायास्तस्याः गङ्गायास्तीरमभ्याजगाम।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse conveys that true authority is aligned with dharma: even Indra, despite his might and victories, approaches a riverbank sanctified by sages. Power is shown as properly tempered by reverence for holy places and the spiritual authority of the wise.
Bhīṣma narrates that Indra—identified through epithets (thousand-eyed, Śakra, vajra-bearer, slayer of Śambara and Pāka)—arrives at the same bank of the Gaṅgā that is attended by divine seers.