Shloka 8
अश्वशिरो-आख्यानम्
Aśvaśiras / Hayaśiras Narrative: Retrieval of the Vedas
नारायणो हि विश्वात्मा चतुर्मूर्ति: सनातन: । धर्मात्मज: सम्बभूव पितैव॑ मे5भ्यभाषत
nārāyaṇo hi viśvātmā caturmūrtiḥ sanātanaḥ | dharmātmajaḥ sambabhūva pitā iva me 'bhyabhāṣata ||
قال بيشما: «إن نارايانا هو حقًّا الذاتُ الكونية (روحُ العالم)، أزليٌّ، متجلٍّ في أربع صور. وقد ظهر يومًا ابنًا لدارما. وهذا—كأنما—ما صرّح به لي أبي نفسه.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is rooted in the eternal divine principle: Nārāyaṇa is the universal Self and the timeless source from which righteous order and its exemplars arise; recognizing this links ethical life to devotion and metaphysical truth.
Bhīṣma, while instructing in Śānti Parva, cites an authoritative tradition received from his father: he identifies Nārāyaṇa as the cosmic Self, eternal and four-formed, and recalls that this deity manifested as the son of Dharma.