Shloka 8
श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः
Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma
सृजत्येष महाबाहो भूतग्रामं चराचरम् | एष चाक्षिपते काले काले विसृजते पुन:
sṛjaty eṣa mahābāho bhūtagrāmaṃ carācaram | eṣa cākṣipate kāle kāle visṛjate punaḥ ||
হে মহাবাহো! তেওঁেই চল-অচল সকলো ভূতসমূহ সৃষ্টি কৰে; কাল আহিলে তেওঁেই তাক লয় কৰে, আৰু কাল আহিলে পুনৰ সৃষ্টি কৰে।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
All beings arise and subside according to a higher divine governance operating through time; recognizing this supports dharmic humility, steadiness, and reduced attachment to transient outcomes.
In the Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs the listener on higher principles; here he describes the Lord (identified in the surrounding context as Viṣṇu) as the agent who cyclically creates, withdraws, and re-creates the world of beings.