Shloka 131
स एव पूर्व निजघान दैत्यान् स पूर्वदेवश्च बभूव सम्राट् । स भूतानां भावनो भूतभव्य: स विश्वस्यास्य जगतश्लाभिगोप्ता
sa eva pūrvaṁ nijaghāna daityān sa pūrvadevaś ca babhūva samrāṭ | sa bhūtānāṁ bhāvano bhūtabhavyaḥ sa viśvasyāsya jagataś cābhigoptā ||
毗湿摩说道：“唯有他，在远古之时击灭了代底耶诸魔，并在太初诸天之中成为至上君王。他是万有众生的养育者——既护持已然之事，亦护持将来之事——又是此整个宇宙的警觉守护者。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms a single supreme protector who both restrains destructive forces (slaying the Daityas) and sustains all beings across time. Ethically, it frames power as legitimate when it upholds cosmic order and protects the world.
Bhishma is praising and describing the supreme divine ruler: one who in ancient times defeated the Daityas, became sovereign among the gods, and continues as the sustainer and guardian of the entire universe.