Shloka 106
Mahāvasu’s Fall by Speech-Error and Release through Devotion (अज-विवादः वसोः शापः विमोचनं च)
तथारूप: शुको जज्ञे प्रज्वलन्निव तेजसा | जैसे यज्ञमें हविष्पका वहन करनेवाली प्रज्वलित अग्नि प्रकाशित होती है, वैसे ही रूपसे शुकदेवजी प्रकट हुए थे। वे अपने तेजसे मानो जाज्वल्यमान हो रहे थे
tathārūpaḥ śuko jajñe prajvalann iva tejasā |
ภีษมะกล่าวว่า: ศุกะบังเกิดในรูปเช่นนั้นเอง—ส่องสว่างประหนึ่งลุกโพลงด้วยรัศมีแห่งตน
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True excellence is marked by inner tejas—spiritual clarity and merit—rather than external power. The verse uses the image of blazing radiance to signal realized virtue and the fruits of austerity.
Bhīṣma describes the birth/manifestation of the sage Śuka, emphasizing that he appeared in an extraordinary, luminous form, as if aflame with his own radiance.