Shloka 1
Adhyāya 70: Sātyaki’s Arrow-Display and the Bhūriśravas Engagement; Twilight Withdrawal
[दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठका १ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल ४२ “लोक हैं।] ऑपन-मा बछ। अफि्-"ऋण सप्तषष्टितमो<ध्याय: भगवान् श्रीकृष्णकी महिमा दुर्योधन उवाच वासुदेवो महद् भूतं सर्वलोकेषु कथ्यते । तस्यागमं प्रतिष्ठां च ज्ञातुमिच्छे पितामह
duryodhana uvāca | vāsudevo mahad bhūtaṃ sarvalokeṣu kathyate | tasyāgamaṃ pratiṣṭhāṃ ca jñātum icche pitāmaha ||
Duryodhana said: “Grandfather, Vāsudeva (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) is spoken of throughout all the worlds as a mighty, extraordinary being. Therefore I wish to know his origin and the basis of his established greatness.”
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a dharmic mode of inquiry: true greatness (pratiṣṭhā) invites examination of its source (āgama). Even amid the war setting, the text foregrounds Kṛṣṇa’s supra-human stature and the legitimacy of seeking to understand the grounds of spiritual and moral authority.
At the opening of the chapter, Duryodhana addresses Bhīṣma as ‘Grandfather’ and asks him to explain Kṛṣṇa—widely acclaimed across the worlds—specifically requesting an account of Kṛṣṇa’s origin/advent and the basis of his established eminence.