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anādinidhano 'vyakto devadānavapūjitaḥ |
The Devas said: “Nārāyaṇa, the Blessed Lord, is the greatest of the gods. He is the creator of the world and the enjoyer of the offerings made to the gods (havis) and to the ancestors (kavya). He has neither beginning nor end. Even the gods and the Dānavas worship that unmanifest Supreme Lord.”
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The verse asserts Nārāyaṇa’s supremacy: he is eternal (without beginning or end), the unmanifest ground of reality, the creator of the cosmos, and the rightful receiver of both divine and ancestral offerings—so even opposing cosmic factions (devas and dānavas) acknowledge him through worship.
A deva proclaims Nārāyaṇa’s unmatched status and universal worship, framing him as the ultimate object of ritual and devotion and establishing theological authority within the Shānti Parva’s reflective, dharma-oriented discourse.