Shloka 11
सम्राड् विराट् स्वराट् चैव सुरराजो भवोद्धव: । विभुर्भूरतिभू: कृष्ण: कृष्णवर्त्मा त्वमेव च,“आप सम्राट, विराट, स्वराट् और देवराज इन्द्र हैं। यह संसार आपहीसे प्रकट हुआ है। आप सर्वत्र व्यापक, नित्य सत्तारूप और निराकार परमात्मा हैं। आप ही कृष्ण (सबको अपनी ओर खींचनेवाले) और कृष्णवर्त्मा (अग्नि) हैं
samrāḍ virāṭ svarāṭ caiva surarājo bhavoddhavaḥ | vibhur bhūr atibhūḥ kṛṣṇaḥ kṛṣṇavartmā tvam eva ca ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “You are the sovereign emperor—Virāṭ and Svarāṭ as well—and you are the king of the gods, Indra. From you this universe has arisen and in you it is sustained. You are the all-pervading Lord, the eternal ground of being beyond form. You are Kṛṣṇa, the One who draws all beings to himself, and you are also Kṛṣṇavartman, the fiery path—indeed, you alone are all these.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the unity of divine reality: the one Supreme is praised as simultaneously cosmic (Virāṭ), self-sovereign (Svarāṭ), ruler of the gods (Indra), the source of the universe, and the formless, all-pervading ground of being—implying that many divine names and functions ultimately refer to one reality.
In the Śānti Parva’s reflective setting, Vaiśampāyana reports a hymn-like praise in which the addressed deity is exalted through a chain of epithets, identifying him with major cosmic and Vedic powers (Indra, Agni) and with Kṛṣṇa, to emphasize supreme lordship and the origin of the world.