Shloka 72

धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)

Devanagari script

ततो भूयो जगत्‌ सर्व करिष्यामीह विद्यया । अस्मिन्‌ मूर्तिश्चतुर्थी या सासृजच्छेषमव्ययम्‌,“तदनन्तर सृष्टिका समय आनेपर फिर उस विद्याशक्तिके ही द्वारा संसारके सारे चराचर प्राणियोंकी सृष्टि करूँगा। मेरी जो चार मूर्तियाँ हैं, उनमें जो चौथी वासुदेव मूर्ति है, उसने अविनाशी शेषको उत्पन्न किया है

Transliteration

tato bhūyo jagat sarva kariṣyāmīha vidyayā | asmin mūrtiś caturthī yā sā sṛjac cheṣam avyayam |

Translation

Kemudian, ketika tiba saat penciptaan, dengan daya pengetahuan suci itu pula Aku akan kembali mewujudkan seluruh jagat di sini. Dari empat perwujudan-Ku, yang keempat—Vāsudeva—telah melahirkan Śeṣa yang tak binasa.

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'tataḥ', 'definition': 'thereafter

• then'}, {'term': 'bhūyaḥ', 'definition': 'again

• once more'}, {'term': 'jagat', 'definition': 'the world

• the moving universe'}, {'term': 'sarvam', 'definition': 'all

• entire'}, {'term': 'kariṣyāmi', 'definition': 'I shall do/make/bring about'}, {'term': 'iha', 'definition': 'here

• in this context/realm'}, {'term': 'vidyayā', 'definition': 'by knowledge

• by sacred power/vidyā (instrumental)'}, {'term': 'asmin', 'definition': 'in this

• among these'}, {'term': 'mūrtiḥ', 'definition': 'form

• embodied aspect'}, {'term': 'caturthī', 'definition': 'the fourth'}, {'term': 'yā', 'definition': 'which

• who (relative pronoun, feminine)'}, {'term': 'sā', 'definition': 'she/that (referring to the fourth form)'}, {'term': 'sṛjat', 'definition': 'created

• brought forth (from √sṛj)'}, {'term': 'śeṣam', 'definition': 'Śeṣa (the cosmic serpent)

• also ‘remainder’ in general usage'}, {'term': 'avyayam', 'definition': 'imperishable

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Vāsudeva
• Śeṣa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Creation is presented as proceeding through vidyā (a divine, ordering power of knowledge), and the Supreme is described as manifesting in multiple forms; among these, Vāsudeva is linked with the origination of the imperishable cosmic principle/personage Śeṣa.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s discourse to Yudhiṣṭhira in Śānti Parva, he recounts a cosmological sequence: after a prior phase, the speaker declares that the universe will be produced again through vidyā, and notes that the fourth manifestation, Vāsudeva, generated Śeṣa, described as imperishable.