Shloka 7
भीष्मस्योत्तरायणप्रतीक्षा तथा युधिष्ठिरागमनम् | Bhīṣma’s uttarāyaṇa moment and Yudhiṣṭhira’s arrival
स हि देववर: साक्षाद् देवनाथ: परंतप: । सर्वज्ञ: सर्वसंश्लिष्ट: सर्वग: सर्वतोमुख:
sa hi devavaraḥ sākṣād devanāthaḥ paraṃtapaḥ | sarvajñaḥ sarvasaṃśliṣṭaḥ sarvagaḥ sarvatomukhaḥ ||
তেওঁ সাক্ষাৎ দেৱশ্ৰেষ্ঠ, দেৱনাথ, আৰু শত্রুবৰ্গক তপোৱা পৰন্তপ। তেওঁ সৰ্বজ্ঞ, সকলোতে ওতপ্ৰোত, সৰ্বগামী আৰু সৰ্বদিশামুখ।
ईश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches a devotional and ethical vision of the Supreme: the Lord is not distant but directly present, all-knowing and all-pervading. Recognizing such a deity supports dharma by grounding reverence, accountability, and refuge in a power that sees and sustains all.
In a didactic passage framed as divine speech (Īśvara speaking), the text praises and defines the supreme deity through epithets—lord of the gods, protector, enemy-scorcher, omniscient, and omnipresent—establishing the object of worship and the theological basis for the instruction that follows.