Shloka 10
Śānti Parva Adhyāya 43 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Stuti of Kṛṣṇa
Assembly Hymn of Many Names
कृष्णधर्मस्त्वमेवादिर्वृषदर्भो वृषाकपि: । सिन्धुर्विधर्मस्त्रिककुप् त्रिधामा त्रिदिवाच्युत:,“कृष्णधर्म (यज्ञस्वरूप) और सबके आदिकारण आप ही हैं। वृषदर्भ (इन्द्रके दर्पका दलन करनेवाले) और वृषाकपि (हरिहर) भी आप ही हैं। आप ही सिन्धु (समुद्र), विधर्म (निर्मुण परमात्मा), त्रिककुप् (ऊपर-नीचे और मध्य--ये तीन दिशाएँ), त्रिधामा (सूर्य, चन्द्र और अग्नि ये त्रिविध तेज) तथा वैकुण्ठधामसे नीचे अवतीर्ण होनेवाले भी हैं
vaiśampāyana uvāca | kṛṣṇadharmas tvam evādir vṛṣadarbho vṛṣākapiḥ | sindhur vidharmas trikakup tridhāmā tridivācyutaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “You alone are Kṛṣṇa-dharma—the very form of sacrifice—and the primal source of all. You are Vṛṣadarbha, the subduer of Indra’s pride, and Vṛṣākapi, the unity of Hari and Hara. You are the Sindhu, the ocean; you are Vidharman, the attributeless Supreme beyond all limiting codes; you are Trikakup, the threefold expanse of directions; you are Tridhāman, the triple radiance as sun, moon, and fire; and you are Acyuta, praised in heaven and yet descending from the supreme abode for the good of the worlds.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse is a hymn of identification: the Supreme is presented as the source of all, the inner essence of sacrifice (yajña), and the cosmic totality—nature (ocean), space (directions), and light (sun, moon, fire). Ethically, it frames dharma as grounded in the transcendent Lord who both surpasses conventional categories (vidharma) and sustains the world through compassionate descent.
Within Śānti Parva’s reflective setting, Vaiśampāyana recites a praise passage that strings together divine epithets. The speaker is not advancing plot action but intensifying theological focus: the addressed deity is proclaimed to be identical with multiple revered forms and cosmic principles, emphasizing omnipresence and supreme causality.