Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 36
वेद्यं च यद् वेदयते च वेद्यं विधिश्व यश्व श्रयते विधेयम् । धर्मे च वेदे च बले च सर्व चराचरं केशवं त्वं प्रतीहि
vedyaṃ ca yad vedayate ca vedyaṃ vidhiś ca yaś ca śrayate vidheyam | dharme ca vede ca bale ca sarvaṃ carācaraṃ keśavaṃ tvaṃ pratīhi ||
Bhishma dit : «Sache avec une conviction inébranlable : ce qui doit être connu, et le connaissant qui s’efforce de connaître le connaissable ; le principe même de l’ordonnance (vidhi), et celui qui pourtant se réfugie dans ce qui est prescrit (vidheya) — tout cela repose dans le Dharma, dans le Veda et dans la puissance divine. Comprends que l’univers entier, le mobile comme l’immobile, n’est autre que Keshava (Kṛṣṇa) Lui-même.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches a comprehensive theistic vision: the knowable truth, the knower, the scriptural injunction, and the prescribed act—all are ultimately grounded in and pervaded by Keshava. Hence Dharma and Vedic authority culminate in recognizing Krishna as the inner reality of the entire cosmos (carācara).
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma and higher spiritual understanding. Here he elevates the discussion from ritual and duty to metaphysical assurance, urging unwavering conviction that all categories of knowledge and action, and the whole world itself, are forms of Krishna.