Shloka 3
Adhyāya 70: Sātyaki’s Arrow-Display and the Bhūriśravas Engagement; Twilight Withdrawal
मार्कण्डेयश्व गोविन्दे कथयत्यद्भुतं महत् । सर्वभूतानि भूतात्मा महात्मा पुरुषोत्तम:
mārkaṇḍeyaś ca govinde kathayaty adbhutaṃ mahat | sarvabhūtāni bhūtātmā mahātmā puruṣottamaḥ ||
Bhishma berkata: “Dan Mārkaṇḍeya, ketika menuturkan tentang Govinda, mengisahkan suatu riwayat yang agung dan menakjubkan—bahwa Sang Mahātma, Purushottama, sebagai Ātman yang bersemayam dalam semua makhluk, meliputi serta menopang seluruh ciptaan.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms Govinda (Kṛṣṇa) as Puruṣottama—the Supreme Person—who is also Bhūtātmā, the indwelling Self of all beings. Ethically, it frames dharma and right action as grounded in recognition of a single divine reality that sustains all life.
Bhīṣma reports that the sage Mārkaṇḍeya narrates a profound, wondrous account concerning Govinda—presenting him as the great-souled cosmic Self who contains and supports all creatures, thereby elevating the discussion from battlefield events to divine cosmology and authority.