Shloka 50
धर्मद्वारबहुत्वविमर्शः — Reflection on the Many ‘Doors’ of Dharma (Śānti-parva 342)
अर्जुन! इस प्रकार मेरा “केशव” नाम सम्पूर्ण देवताओं और महात्मा ऋषियोंके लिये वरदायक है ।।
agnīḥ somena saṃyukta ekayonitvam āgataḥ | agnīṣomamayaṃ tasmāj jagat kṛtsnaṃ carācaram ||
Arjuna dit : «Quand Agni s’unit à Soma, ils deviennent comme issus d’un même sein ; c’est pourquoi l’univers tout entier — le mobile et l’immobile — est pénétré du principe conjoint d’Agni et de Soma.»
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Creation is portrayed as arising from the union of complementary principles—Agni (heat, energy, transformation) and Soma (coolness, nourishment, sap). Seeing the whole world as ‘Agni–Soma-made’ encourages a unifying, non-fragmented view of reality and supports dharmic conduct grounded in harmony rather than opposition.
In the Shanti Parva’s reflective discourse, Arjuna speaks a cosmological statement: Agni and Soma, when united, are described as sharing a single generative source, and thus all beings and things—moving and unmoving—are said to be constituted by their combined essence.