Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 153 Shloka 60 - Mahabharata | Indonesian | Vedapath

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Shloka 60

भीष्मस्योत्तरायणप्रतीक्षा तथा युधिष्ठिरागमनम् | Bhīṣma’s uttarāyaṇa moment and Yudhiṣṭhira’s arrival

Devanagari script

य एव विष्णु: सो5नन्तो भगवान्‌ वसुधाधर: । यो राम: स हृषीकेशो यो5च्युत: स धराधर:

Transliteration

ya eva viṣṇuḥ so 'nanto bhagavān vasudhādharaḥ | yo rāmaḥ sa hṛṣīkeśo yo 'cyutaḥ sa dharādharaḥ ||

Translation

Dia yang adalah Viṣṇu, Dialah juga Bhagavān Ananta, penopang bumi. Dia yang adalah Rāma (Balarāma), Dialah Hṛṣīkeśa (Śrī Kṛṣṇa); dan Dia yang adalah Acyuta (Śrī Kṛṣṇa), Dialah pula sang penyangga bumi (Balarāma).

Word by Word

यःwho

एवindeed/only

विष्णुःVishnu

सःhe/that (same one)

अनन्तःAnanta (the endless one)

भगवान्the Blessed Lord

वसुधाधरःearth-bearer/supporter of the earth

यःwho

रामःRama (here: Balarama)

सःhe (that same one)

हृषीकेशःHrishikesha (Krishna, lord of the senses)

यःwho

अच्युतःAchyuta (the infallible one; Krishna)

सःhe (that same one)

धराधरःsupporter of the earth/mountain-bearer

Speaker

ईश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Viṣṇu

Ananta (Śeṣa)

Vasudhā (Earth)

Rāma (Balarāma)

Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa)

Acyuta (Kṛṣṇa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches the essential unity of divine manifestations: Viṣṇu and Ananta are not separate, and Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa (Hṛṣīkeśa/Acyuta) are mutually identified. Ethically, it encourages non-sectarian devotion and steadiness in faith by seeing one sustaining Lord behind multiple revered names.

What is happening in the narrative?

Īśvara speaks to clarify theological identity: the cosmic supporter (Ananta, bearer of the earth) and Viṣṇu are one, and the two brothers Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa are presented as the same divine reality under different epithets, reinforcing their divine status and interconnected roles.