Shloka 20
स मातरिश्वा विभुरश्ववाजी स रश्मिवान् सविता चादिदेव: । तेनासुरा विजिता: सर्व एव तद्विक्रान्तैर्विजितानीह त्रीणि
sa mātariśvā vibhuraśvavājī sa raśmivān savitā cādidevaḥ | tenāsurā vijitāḥ sarva eva tadvikrāntairvijitānīha trīṇi ||
Wika ni Bhishma: Siya si Mātariśvan—ang Hanging sumasaklaw sa lahat; Siya ang kabayong matulin at makapangyarihan; Siya si Savitṛ na maningning, ang sinaunang diyos. Sa Kanya nagapi ang lahat ng Asura, at sa Kanyang makapangyarihang mga hakbang ay nasukat at napasailalim ang tatlong daigdig.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies a single supreme divine power through multiple Vedic epithets—Wind (Mātariśvan), radiant Sun (Savitṛ), and the primeval deity—emphasizing that cosmic sovereignty and the defeat of disruptive forces (Asuras) arise from that all-pervading divine potency.
Bhishma praises the deity by listing exalted forms and functions (wind-like omnipresence, horse-like swiftness, sun-like radiance) and recalls mythic deeds: conquering the Asuras and measuring the three worlds with three strides, a motif associated with the establishment of cosmic order.