Shloka 43
ओजस्तेजोद्युतिधर: प्रकाशात्मा प्रतापन: । ऋद्धः स्पष्टाक्षरो मन्त्रश्नन्द्रांशुर्भास्करद्युति:
ojastejodyutidharaḥ prakāśātmā pratāpanaḥ | ṛddhaḥ spaṣṭākṣaro mantraś candrāṁśur bhāskaradyutiḥ ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: Siya ang may taglay na ojas, tejas, at dyuti—lakas, ningning, at kaningningan; ang Kanyang diwa ay liwanag, at sa Kanyang kapangyarihan ay nagpapaliyab at nagpapasuko. Siya’y ganap na puspos ng kasaganaan sa espiritu; malinaw ang Kanyang pantig—ang hayag na Oṁ; Siya ang anyo ng mga mantra ng Veda; Siya’y gaya ng sinag ng buwan na nagpapalamig sa isip na sinusunog ng init ng daigdig, at Siya’y nagniningning na tulad ng araw.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Divine is portrayed as the source of both power and guidance: he illuminates like the sun (knowledge, truth, moral clarity) and cools like moonbeams (mercy, relief from suffering). Ethical strength is thus not mere domination; it is illumination joined with compassionate refuge.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and extols the Supreme through a litany of epithets (commonly aligned with the Viṣṇu-sahasranāma tradition). This verse is one segment of that praise, describing the Lord’s luminous and mantra-embodied nature.