Shloka 79
नरनारायणावेतौ पुराणावृषिसत्तमौ । अनियम्यौ नियन्तारावेतौ तस्मात् परंतपौ
nara-nārāyaṇāv etau purāṇāv ṛṣi-sattamau | aniyamyau niyantārāv etau tasmāt paraṃtapau ||
संजय बोले—ये ही प्राचीन ऋषिश्रेष्ठ नर और नारायण हैं। इन पर किसी का शासन नहीं चलता; ये ही सबके नियन्ता हैं। इसलिए ये शत्रुओं को संताप देने में समर्थ हैं।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
True spiritual authority is self-governed and rooted in dharma: Nara-Nārāyaṇa are portrayed as beyond external control because they embody the principle that regulates others—hence their moral and cosmic supremacy.
In the midst of the war-reporting, Sañjaya invokes the stature of Nara and Nārāyaṇa, emphasizing their primeval rishi-status and irresistible power, to frame the combatants’ prowess as grounded in a higher, divine order.