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Shloka 104

भारभृत्‌ कथितो योगी योगीश: सर्वकामद: । आश्रम: श्रमण: क्षाम: सुपर्णो वायुवाहन:

bhārabhṛt kathito yogī yogīśaḥ sarvakāmadāḥ | āśramaḥ śramaṇaḥ kṣāmaḥ suparṇo vāyuvāhanaḥ ||

بھیشم نے کہا—وہ ‘باربھرت’ کہلاتا ہے—جس کا ذکر مقدس شاستروں میں بار بار آیا ہے؛ وہ یوگی ہے، یوگیوں کا پروردگار ہے اور سب آرزوئیں پوری کرنے والا ہے۔ وہ ایسا آشرے ہے جو آرام بخشتا ہے؛ وہ شرمن ہے جو بدکاروں کو سزا دیتا ہے؛ وہ کَشام ہے جو پرلے کے وقت فنا برپا کرتا ہے؛ وہ سُپرن ہے—وید کے پتّوں والے جگت-ورکش کی مانند؛ اور وہ وایوواہن ہے—جو ہوا کو بھی حرکت کی قوت عطا کرتا ہے۔

भारभृत्bearer of the burden
भारभृत्:
Karta
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootभारभृत् (भार + भृत्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कथितःdescribed / spoken of
कथितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकथित (√कथ्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
योगीyogi
योगी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयोगिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
योगीशःlord of yogis
योगीशः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयोगीश (योगिन् + ईश)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वकामदःgiver of all desires
सर्वकामदः:
Karta
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसर्वकामद (सर्व + काम + द)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आश्रमःresting-place / refuge
आश्रमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआश्रम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
श्रमणःascetic / one who strives
श्रमणः:
Karta
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootश्रमण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
क्षामःemaciated / wan
क्षामः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootक्षाम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सुपर्णःhaving beautiful wings/leaves; Garuḍa
सुपर्णः:
Karta
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसुपर्ण (सु + पर्ण)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वायुवाहनःwhose vehicle is the wind / wind-borne
वायुवाहनः:
Karta
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवायुवाहन (वायु + वाहन)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma (speaker)
S
Shesha-naga (implied by bhārabhṛt in the Gita Press gloss)
V
Vayu (wind, as a cosmic force)
P
Pralaya (cosmic dissolution, as an event/state)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that the divine sustains the world and devotees (as ‘bhārabhṛt’ and ‘āśrama’), perfects spiritual discipline (as ‘yogī’ and ‘yogīśa’), grants rightful aspirations (‘sarvakāmadā’), and also enforces moral-cosmic balance by chastening wrongdoing and ending creation at the appointed time (‘śramaṇa’, ‘kṣāma’).

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues his instruction by praising the supreme deity through a sequence of epithets—each name highlighting a different aspect of divine power: support of the earth, mastery of yoga, beneficence toward devotees, and governance of cosmic processes like wind and dissolution.