Shloka 14
स विश्वकर्मा स हि विश्वरूप: स विश्वभुग् विश्वसृग् विश्वजिच्च । स शूलभृच्छोणित भृत् कराल- स््तं कर्मभिविंदितं वै स्तुवन्ति
sa viśvakarmā sa hi viśvarūpaḥ sa viśvabhug viśvasṛg viśvajic ca | sa śūlabhṛc choṇitabhṛt karālas taṃ karmabhir vinditaṃ vai stuvanti ||
ビーシュマは言った。彼こそヴィシュヴァカルマン、宇宙の工匠であり、まさしく宇宙そのものの姿を具える者である。彼は宇宙を享受し、宇宙を創り、宇宙を征服する。彼は三叉戟を携え、血で満たされた髑髏の杯を手にして、恐るべき相を現す。多様な御業によって世に名高い、そのシュリー・クリシュナこそ、万人が讃えるお方である。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The core teaching is that the supreme reality (here identified with Śrī Kṛṣṇa) encompasses all functions—creation, enjoyment/sustenance, and conquest—and may manifest both benevolent and fearsome forms. Ethical devotion (bhakti) is presented as discerning this comprehensive divine agency behind the world’s order and events.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira through hymnic praise and theological exposition. In this verse he extols Kṛṣṇa with cosmic titles (Viśvakarmā, Viśvarūpa, etc.) and describes a terrifying iconographic aspect (trident and blood-filled skull-cup), emphasizing Kṛṣṇa’s fame and the universal praise directed toward him.