Shloka 57
भीष्मस्य भीमसेन-निरोधः
Bhīṣma checks Bhīmasena; matched engagements intensify
निसर्गसर्गनिरत कामेश परमेश्वर । अमृतोद्धव सद्भाव मुक्तात्मन् विजयप्रद,आप स्वभावतः: संसारकी सृष्टिमें प्रवृत्त रहते हैं, आप ही सम्पूर्ण कामनाओंके स्वामी परमेश्वर हैं। अमृतकी उत्पत्तिके स्थान, सत्यस्वरूप, मुक्तात्मा और विजय देनेवाले आप ही हैं
nisargasarganirata kāmeśa parameśvara | amṛtodbhava sadbhāva muktātman vijayaprada ||
Bhishma praises the Supreme Lord: “By your very nature you are ever engaged in the unfolding and ordering of the world—its spontaneous arising and its structured creation. You are the sovereign of all desires, the highest Lord. You are the source from which immortality is obtained, the embodiment of truth and real being, the liberated Self, and the giver of victory.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the Supreme Lord is both immanent in worldly processes (the natural and ordered creation) and transcendent as truth and liberation; therefore, victory and immortality are ultimately grounded in alignment with that divine reality rather than mere human power.
Bhishma, speaking in the Bhishma Parva context, offers a hymn-like praise to the Supreme Lord, attributing cosmic functions (creation and sustenance) and spiritual qualities (truth, liberation) to him, and acknowledging him as the ultimate giver of victory amid the war setting.