Shloka 17
Kṛṣṇa’s Dhyāna and the Prompt to Question Bhīṣma (कृष्णध्यानं भीष्मप्रश्नप्रेरणा च)
दिव्यास्त्राणि महातेजा यो धारयति बुद्धिमान | साड़ांश्व॒ चतुरो वेदांस्तमस्मि मनसा गत:
divyāstrāṇi mahātejā yo dhārayati buddhimān | sāḍaṅś ca caturo vedāṁs tam asmi manasā gataḥ ||
Vāsudeva said: “My mind has gone to that wise, great-souled man of blazing energy who bears the divine weapons and who upholds the four Vedas together with their six auxiliaries.”
वासुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
True excellence is portrayed as a union of inner discernment and outer capability: the ideal figure is both a master of divine weapons (power under discipline) and a sustainer of Vedic knowledge with its Vedāṅgas (learning grounded in dharma).
Vāsudeva expresses that his mind is fixed on a particular great and wise person—implicitly the revered authority being discussed in this context—describing him as one who embodies both martial mastery and comprehensive Vedic learning.