Shloka 101
सुलभ: सुव्रतः सिद्ध: शत्रुजिच्छबत्रुतापन: । न्यग्रोधोदुम्बरो<श्वत्थश्वाणूरान्ध्रनिषूदन:
sulabhaḥ suvrataḥ siddhaḥ śatrujit śatrutāpanaḥ | nyagrodhodumbaro 'śvatthaś cāṇūrāndhraniṣūdanaḥ ||
毗湿摩说：对恒常观想、专一归敬的信徒而言，他易于亲近、易于得见；他具清净妙誓与端正行持，自性圆满，为成就者。 他征服诸天与善人之敌，亦令天敌受炙。 他是尼耶伽罗陀、优昙婆罗与阿湿婆他——以圣树之相遍在世间；他也是诛灭安陀罗族勇士摔跤手旃努罗者。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises the Lord as accessible to sincere, steady devotion (sulabhaḥ) while also being the protector of dharma—perfect in nature (siddhaḥ) and actively overcoming forces hostile to gods and the righteous (śatrujit, śatrutāpanaḥ). It also teaches divine immanence by identifying Him with sacred trees (nyagrodha, udumbara, aśvattha).
In Bhīṣma’s recitation of divine names and qualities, he strings together epithets describing the Lord’s attainability, perfection, cosmic presence in nature, and a specific heroic deed—slaying the wrestler Cāṇūra—highlighting both theological and ethical dimensions of divine action.