Shloka 62
श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः
Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma
तुरीयांशेन तस्येमं विद्धि केशवमच्युतम् । तुरीयार्थेन लोकांस्त्रीन् भावयत्येव बुद्धिमान्,अपनी महिमासे कभी च्युत न होनेवाले इन भगवान् श्रीकृष्णको तुम उस श्रीनारायणके एक चतुर्थ अंशसे सम्पन्न समझो। बुद्धिमान् श्रीकृष्ण अपने उस चतुर्थ अंशसे ही तीनों लोकोंकी रचना करते हैं
turīyāṁśena tasyemaṁ viddhi keśavam acyutam | turīyārthena lokāṁs trīn bhāvayaty eva buddhimān ||
Bhishma said: Know this Keshava, the unfailing Achyuta, to be endowed with a fourth part of that Supreme Narayana. With that very quarter-portion, the wise Lord sustains and brings into being the three worlds—yet never falls away from His own inherent majesty.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms Krishna’s supreme divinity: he is identified as an aspect of Narayana, possessing a ‘quarter-portion’ through which the entire threefold cosmos is manifested and sustained, while his essential glory remains unchanged and undiminished.
In Shanti Parva’s instruction to Yudhishthira, Bhishma continues theological teaching, praising Krishna as Achyuta and explaining his cosmic status—linking him to Narayana and describing his power to uphold the three worlds.