Shloka 30
अलायुधस्य भीमवधसंकल्पः
Alāyudha’s Resolve to Confront Bhīma
अनादिनिधनं देवं विश्वस्येशं जगत्पते । धातारमजमव्यक्तमाहुर्वेदविदो जना:
anādinidhanaṃ devaṃ viśvasyeśaṃ jagatpate | dhātāram ajam avyaktam āhur vedavido janāḥ ||
Sañjaya said: Those who are learned in the Vedas describe Him as the divine Lord—without beginning or end—the ruler of the universe, the master of the world: the Creator and Sustainer, unborn and unmanifest.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts a Veda-grounded conception of the Supreme: eternal (without beginning or end), sovereign over the cosmos, creator-sustainer, unborn, and unmanifest. Ethically, it implies that true authority and dharma rest in a transcendent order beyond shifting battlefield fortunes.
Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, introduces or reinforces a theological reflection: even amid the violence and uncertainty of the Kurukṣetra war, the ultimate Lord—described by Vedic seers—remains the underlying ruler and ordainer of the world.