Shloka 46
Yudhiṣṭhira–Droṇa Saṃgrāma
Engagement and Countermeasures
योगानां च परं धाम दृष्टं ब्रह्मविदां निधिम् । चराचरस्य स्रष्टारं प्रतिहर्तारमेव च,वे जगत्के आदि कारण, लोकस्रष्टा, अजन्मा, ईश्वर, अविनाशी, मनकी उत्पत्तिके प्रधान कारण, आकाश एवं वायुस्वरूप, तेजके आश्रय, जलकी सृष्टि करनेवाले, पृथ्वीके भी परम कारण, देवताओं, दानवों, यक्षों तथा मनुष्योंके भी प्रधान कारण, सम्पूर्ण योगोंके परम आश्रय, ब्रह्मवेत्ताओंकी प्रत्यक्ष निधि, चराचर जगत्की सृष्टि और संहार करनेवाले तथा इन्द्रके ऐश्वर्य आदि और सूर्यदेवके प्रताप आदि गुणोंको प्रकट करनेवाले परमात्मा थे। उनके क्रोधमें कालका निवास था। उस समय भगवान् श्रीकृष्णने मन, वाणी, बुद्धि और क्रियाओंद्वारा उनकी वन्दना की
sañjaya uvāca | yogānāṃ ca paraṃ dhāma dṛṣṭaṃ brahmavidāṃ nidhim | carācarasya sraṣṭāraṃ pratihartāram eva ca |
Sañjaya said: He was seen as the supreme abode of all yogic disciplines, the manifest treasure known to the knowers of Brahman—indeed the Creator of all that moves and does not move, and also the One who withdraws it again. In him were recognized the primal cause of the world, the ordainer of beings, unborn, sovereign, and imperishable—the inner source from which mind arises; the principle of space and wind; the support of fire; the maker of waters; and the highest cause even of earth. He was the foremost cause of gods, demons, yakṣas, and humans; the ultimate refuge of all yogas; the evident wealth of the Brahman-knowers; the agent of the world’s creation and dissolution; and the revealer of Indra’s lordly powers and the Sun’s radiance. Time itself dwelt in his wrath. At that moment, Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa worshipped him with mind, speech, intellect, and action—showing that even amid war, reverence for the supreme principle and restraint before cosmic power are integral to dharma.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the supreme reality as both the source and the reabsorber of the entire moving–unmoving cosmos, the ultimate refuge of yoga and the direct ‘treasure’ of Brahman-knowers. Ethically, it implies that true dharma includes humility and worshipful restraint before cosmic power, even in the midst of violent conflict.
Sañjaya describes a formidable divine presence characterized as the creator and destroyer of the world, embodying the powers seen in gods like Indra and Sūrya, with Time dwelling in his wrath. In response, Śrī Kṛṣṇa offers reverence through mind, speech, intellect, and action.