Shloka 32
अलायुधस्य भीमवधसंकल्पः
Alāyudha’s Resolve to Confront Bhīma
नारायणं परं देवं परमात्मानमी श्वरम् । ज्ञानयोनिं हरिं विष्णुं मुमुक्षूणां परायणम् । परं पुराणं पुरुष पुराणानां परं च यत्
nārāyaṇaṃ paraṃ devaṃ paramātmānam īśvaram | jñānayoniṃ hariṃ viṣṇuṃ mumukṣūṇāṃ parāyaṇam | paraṃ purāṇaṃ puruṣaṃ purāṇānāṃ paraṃ ca yat ||
সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—“(মই প্ৰণাম কৰোঁ) নাৰায়ণক—পৰম দেৱ, পৰমাত্মা, সৰ্বাধিপতি ঈশ্বৰ; জ্ঞানৰ মূল উৎস; হৰি, বিষ্ণু—মোক্ষকামীসকলৰ পৰম আশ্ৰয়; আদ্য পৰম পুৰুষ, আৰু সেই পৰম সত্যক, যি সকলো পুৰাতন আৰু পবিত্ৰতাৰো ঊৰ্ধ্বে।”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a devotional identification of the Supreme as Nārāyaṇa/Viṣṇu—Lord, Supreme Self, and source of knowledge—emphasizing that liberation-seekers should take refuge in the highest divine reality rather than in transient power or victory.
Sañjaya offers a reverential invocation (stuti) to the Supreme Lord, framing the surrounding war narrative with a theological reminder that ultimate authority and refuge lie in the divine, not merely in battlefield outcomes.