Shloka 43
अग्नीषोमोत्पत्तिः
Agni–Soma Origin and the Brahmāgnīṣomīya Doctrine
योडसौ वहति भूतानां विमानानि विहायसा । चतुर्थ: संवहो नाम वायु: स गिरिमर्दन:
yo 'sau vahati bhūtānāṁ vimānāni vihāyasā | caturthaḥ saṁvaho nāma vāyuḥ sa girimardanaḥ ||
योऽसौ वहति भूतानां विमानानि विहायसा । चतुर्थः संवहो नाम वायुः स गिरिमर्दनः ॥
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ordered powers within nature: specific winds have defined functions, and Saṁvaha is identified as the force that carries aerial movement. In the Shanti Parva’s instructional setting, such descriptions reinforce the idea that the world is sustained by structured, nameable principles—an implicit support for dharma as cosmic order.
Bhishma is enumerating and characterizing types of wind. Here he names the ‘fourth’ wind as Saṁvaha and describes its role as bearing vimānas through the sky, emphasizing its immense strength with the epithet ‘girimardana’ (mountain-crusher).