Shloka 55
व्यवसायो व्यवस्थान: संस्थान: स्थानदो ध्रुव: । परर्द्धि: परमस्पष्टस्तुष्ट: पुष्ट: शुभेक्षण:,३८४ व्यवसाय:-ज्ञानस्वरूप, ३८५ व्यवस्थान:-लोकपालादिकोंको, समस्त जीवोंको, चारों वर्णाश्रमोंको एवं उनके धर्मोंको व्यवस्थापूर्वक रचनेवाले, ३८६ संस्थान:-प्रलयके सम्यक् स्थान, ३८७ स्थानदः-ध्रुवादि भक्तोंको स्थान देनेवाले, ३८८ ध्रुव:-अचल स्वरूप, ३८९ परर्धि:-श्रेष्ठ विभूतिवाले, ३९० परमस्पष्ट:-ज्ञानस्वरूप होनेसे परम स्पष्टरूप, ३९१ तुष्ट::एकमात्र परमानन्दस्वरूप, ३९२ पुष्ट:-एकमात्र सर्वत्र परिपूर्ण, ३९३ शुभेक्षण:- दर्शनमात्रसे कल्याण करनेवाले
vyavasāyo vyavasthānaḥ saṁsthānaḥ sthānado dhruvaḥ | pararddhiḥ paramaspaṣṭas tuṣṭaḥ puṣṭaḥ śubhekṣaṇaḥ ||
Bhishma said: He is Resolve itself and the One who establishes all order; He is the fixed ground and the true locus even at dissolution; He grants abiding stations to His devotees and is Himself unwavering. Possessed of supreme majesty, perfectly manifest as pure knowledge, He is complete contentment and all-pervading fullness; and by His auspicious glance alone He brings welfare.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises the Supreme as the source of inner resolve and the cosmic regulator who establishes dharma and order, grants stable spiritual abodes to devotees, and is intrinsically clear consciousness, blissful contentment, and all-pervading fullness—whose benevolent presence itself uplifts beings.
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma and extols the Supreme through a sequence of divine epithets (in the style of the Vishnu Sahasranama), describing God’s roles in sustaining the world, guiding devotees, and bestowing auspiciousness.