Shloka 61
यज्ञ इज्यो महेज्यश्न क्रतुः सत्र सतां गति: । सर्वदर्शी विमुक्तात्मा सर्वज्ञो ज्ञानमुत्तमम्
yajña ijyo mahejyaś ca kratuḥ satra satāṁ gatiḥ | sarvadarśī vimuktātmā sarvajño jñānam uttamam ||
قال بهيشما: إنّه الذبيحةُ نفسها؛ وهو المستحقُّ للعبادة، بل الأسمى استحقاقًا لها. هو الكراتو وهو الساترا، ملجأُ الصالحين وغايتُهم العليا. بصيرٌ بكلّ شيء، ذاتٌ محرَّرةٌ أبدًا من قيود الدنيا، عليمٌ بكلّ شيء—وهو المعرفةُ العليا بعينها.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies the Supreme (understood here as Viṣṇu) with the very essence of Vedic religion and spiritual attainment: He is both the object of worship and the sacrificial act, the protector and final goal of the righteous, and the highest knowledge leading to liberation.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma—teaching from his bed of arrows—offers a hymn-like description of the Supreme’s attributes, emphasizing divine supremacy through epithets that connect ritual (yajña/kratu/satra), ethics (satāṁ gatiḥ), and metaphysics (all-seeing, ever-liberated, omniscient, highest knowledge).