Shloka 10
Brahmacarya-Upāya: Jñāna, Śauca, and the Mind’s Role in Desire (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय २०७)
सर्वतेजोमयस्तस्मिन् शयान: पुरुषोत्तम: । सोअग्रजं सर्वभूतानां संकर्षणमकल्पयत्
sarvatejomayas tasmin śayānaḥ puruṣottamaḥ | so 'grajaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ saṅkarṣaṇam akalpayat ||
قال بهيشما: في تلك الحال المشرقة كلَّ الإشراق، اضطجع الشخصُ الأعلى في سكون؛ ومن ذاته أظهر سَنْكَرْشَنَة (Saṅkarṣaṇa)، الأخَ الأكبرَ لجميع الكائنات—مُقِيمًا المبدأَ الأولَ بأنّ الكون يفيض من الإلهيّ في تعاقبٍ منظَّم.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a theological-cosmological idea: the Supreme Person, inherently radiant and self-sufficient, intentionally brings forth an ordered principle/person (Saṅkarṣaṇa) as the ‘elder’ foundation for beings—implying that creation is not random but arises from divine will and structured precedence.
Bhīṣma is describing a cosmogonic moment: the Supreme Person is depicted as reposing in an all-luminous condition, and then he ‘ordains’ or ‘brings into being’ Saṅkarṣaṇa, identified as the primordial elder among beings.