Shloka 45
यत् प्रशस्तं च लोकेषु पुण्यं यच्च शुभाशुभम् । तत्सर्व केशवो$चिन्त्यो विपरीतमतः परम्
yat praśastaṃ ca lokeṣu puṇyaṃ yac ca śubhāśubham | tat sarvaṃ keśavo 'cintyo viparītamataḥ param ||
Bhīṣma dit : Tout ce qui est tenu pour excellent dans les mondes, tout ce qui est méritoire, et tout ce qui est compté comme faste ou néfaste—tout cela est, en vérité, la manifestation même de l’inconcevable Keśava. S’imaginer qu’il existe quoi que ce soit en dehors de Śrī Kṛṣṇa n’est que la marque d’un esprit porté à l’erreur.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches an all-pervading vision of the divine: all that is valued as good, meritorious, auspicious, or even inauspicious is encompassed within the inconceivable reality of Keśava (Kṛṣṇa). Therefore, strict separation of 'things' from Kṛṣṇa is presented as a mistaken worldview.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and higher spiritual understanding. Here he emphasizes Kṛṣṇa’s supreme, all-inclusive nature, framing ethical categories (good/bad, auspicious/inauspicious) within a theological vision of Kṛṣṇa as the underlying reality.