Shloka 44
Yudhiṣṭhira–Droṇa Saṃgrāma
Engagement and Countermeasures
लोकादिं विश्वकर्माणमजमीशानमव्ययम् । मनस: परम॑ योनिं खं वायुं ज्योतिषां निधिम्,वे जगत्के आदि कारण, लोकस्रष्टा, अजन्मा, ईश्वर, अविनाशी, मनकी उत्पत्तिके प्रधान कारण, आकाश एवं वायुस्वरूप, तेजके आश्रय, जलकी सृष्टि करनेवाले, पृथ्वीके भी परम कारण, देवताओं, दानवों, यक्षों तथा मनुष्योंके भी प्रधान कारण, सम्पूर्ण योगोंके परम आश्रय, ब्रह्मवेत्ताओंकी प्रत्यक्ष निधि, चराचर जगत्की सृष्टि और संहार करनेवाले तथा इन्द्रके ऐश्वर्य आदि और सूर्यदेवके प्रताप आदि गुणोंको प्रकट करनेवाले परमात्मा थे। उनके क्रोधमें कालका निवास था। उस समय भगवान् श्रीकृष्णने मन, वाणी, बुद्धि और क्रियाओंद्वारा उनकी वन्दना की
sañjaya uvāca | lokādiṁ viśvakarmāṇam ajam īśānam avyayam | manasaḥ paramaṁ yoniṁ khaṁ vāyuṁ jyotiṣāṁ nidhim |
Sañjaya said: He was the primal source of the worlds, the universal maker, unborn, the sovereign Lord, and imperishable—the supreme womb of mind itself; the very form of space and wind; the treasury and support of all lights. Thus was that Supreme Self, the first cause of the moving and unmoving universe, the creator and dissolver of all beings, the revealer of Indra’s lordly powers and the Sun’s radiance. In His wrath dwelt Time itself. At that moment, Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa worshipped Him with mind, speech, intellect, and action.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the Supreme as the unborn, imperishable first cause—source of mind and the elements—whose power includes both creation and dissolution. Ethically, it places human conflict within a larger moral-cosmic order where Time and divine sovereignty exceed individual might, and it models reverent restraint: even in war, the highest response to overwhelming power is disciplined worship and inner alignment.
Sañjaya describes a terrifying, all-encompassing divine presence—identified with the Supreme cause and with Time dwelling in His wrath. In response to this awe-inspiring manifestation, Śrī Kṛṣṇa offers veneration through mind, speech, intellect, and action, indicating a deliberate, total act of devotion amid the violence of the battlefield context.