Shloka 14
Adhyāya 70: Sātyaki’s Arrow-Display and the Bhūriśravas Engagement; Twilight Withdrawal
जो सम्पूर्ण भूतोंको तथा पर्वतोंसहित इस पृथ्वीको धारण करते हैं, जिन्हें विश्वरूपी अनन्तदेव तथा शेष कहा गया है, उन्हें भी उन परमात्माने ही उत्पन्न किया है ।। ध्यानयोगेन विप्राश्न॒ तं विदन्ति महौजसम् । कर्णस्रोतोद्धवं चापि मधुं नाम महासुरम्
dhyānayogena viprāś ca taṃ vidanti mahaujasam | karṇasrotodbhavaṃ cāpi madhuṃ nāma mahāsuram ||
Para brahmana mengenal Dia, Yang berdaya-jaya agung, melalui yoga meditasi; dan dari aliran telinga-Nya pun lahir Madhu, asura besar itu.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True knowledge of the Supreme is attained by sages through dhyāna-yoga (meditative discipline), and even formidable beings like the Asura Madhu are portrayed as arising within the overarching divine reality—supporting the idea of divine sovereignty over all existence.
Bhishma continues a theological-cosmological explanation: he points to how seers realize the supremely powerful Lord through meditation and cites a mythic detail—Madhu, a great Asura, is said to have originated from the ‘ear-stream’ of the cosmic Being—illustrating the Lord as the source of diverse beings.