Shloka 25
बुद्धिर्मनो महद् वायुस्तेजो5म्भ: खं मही च या । चतुर्विधं च यद् भूत॑ं सर्व कृष्णे प्रतेष्ठितम्,महत्तत्त्व, अहंकार, मनसहित ग्यारह इन्द्रियाँ, आकाश, वायु, तेज, जल, पृथ्वी तथा जरायुज, अण्डज, स्वेदज और उद्धिज्ज--ये चार प्रकारके प्राणी भगवान् श्रीकृष्णमें ही प्रतिष्ठित हैं
buddhir mano mahad vāyus tejo 'mbhaḥ khaṃ mahī ca yā | caturvidhaṃ ca yad bhūtaṃ sarvaṃ kṛṣṇe pratiṣṭhitam ||
Bhīṣma said: Intelligence, mind, the great principle, wind, fire, water, space, and earth—and all beings of the fourfold kinds—are all established in Kṛṣṇa.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma teaches that the fundamental constituents of the cosmos (inner faculties like intellect and mind, and outer elements like space, wind, fire, water, and earth) and all categories of living beings ultimately rest in Kṛṣṇa—presenting Kṛṣṇa as the supreme ground of existence and, by implication, the basis of dharma.
In the Sabha Parva context, Bhīṣma is speaking in the royal assembly and articulates a theological-cosmological affirmation of Kṛṣṇa’s supremacy, framing Kṛṣṇa not merely as a political ally but as the sustaining principle behind all beings and elements.