Shloka 6
धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)
एतान् बहुविधान् वर्णान् रूपैर्बिभ्रत्सनातन: । सहस्ननयन: श्रीमान् शतशीर्ष: सहस्रपात्
etān bahuvidhān varṇān rūpair bibhrat sanātanaḥ | sahasranayanaḥ śrīmān śataśīrṣaḥ sahasrapāt |
Bhīṣma dit : «Cet Être Éternel revêt ainsi d’innombrables formes et apparences. Rayonnant de majesté, on le décrit comme ayant mille yeux, cent têtes et mille pieds.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the Supreme is not confined to one limited shape; He manifests innumerable forms, and the hyperbolic epithets (thousand-eyed, hundred-headed, thousand-footed) convey omnipresence, sovereignty, and immeasurable power.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and higher truths. Here he describes the Eternal Lord’s manifold manifestations, using traditional cosmic epithets to emphasize the Lord’s all-pervading nature.