Shloka 75
भीष्मस्य भीमसेन-निरोधः
Bhīṣma checks Bhīmasena; matched engagements intensify
स्थिताश्च सर्वे त्वयि भूतसंघा: कृत्वा55श्रयं त्वां वरदं सुबाहो । अनादिमध्यान्तमपारयोगं लोकस्य सेतु प्रवदन्ति विप्रा:,सुबाहो! आप वरदायक प्रभुका ही आश्रय लेकर समस्त प्राणिसमुदाय आपमें ही स्थित हैं। ब्राह्गणलोग आपको आदि, मध्य और अन्तसे रहित, किसी सीमाके सम्बन्धसे शून्य (असीम) तथा लोकमर्यादाकी रक्षाके लिये सेतुस्वरूप बताते हैं
sthitāś ca sarve tvayi bhūtasaṅghāḥ kṛtvā śrayaṃ tvāṃ varadaṃ subāho | anādimadhyāntam apārayogaṃ lokasya setuṃ pravadanti viprāḥ ||
Bhīṣma said: “All hosts of beings abide in you alone, having taken refuge in you—the giver of boons, O mighty-armed one. The sages declare you to be without beginning, middle, or end; beyond all limiting measure; and a ‘bridge’ that upholds the moral order of the world.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the highest refuge is the supreme principle/person in whom all beings are sustained. True authority is described as boundless and timeless, and as the ‘setu’—the stabilizing bridge that preserves lokadharma (the moral and social order).
Bhīṣma, speaking in the Bhīṣma Parva context, offers a hymn-like characterization of the addressed lord as the universal support. He reports the testimony of learned sages who define this lord as infinite and as the protector of worldly order.