Shloka 9
Vyaktāvyakta-Viveka and Nivṛtti as Paramā Gati
Manifest–Unmanifest Discrimination and the Supreme Path of Withdrawal
वासुदेव: परमिदं विश्व॒स्य ब्रह्मणो मुखम् । सत्यं ज्ञानमथो यज्ञस्तितिक्षा दम आर्जवम्,सम्पूर्ण वेदका मुख जो प्रणव है वह तथा सत्य, ज्ञान, यज्ञ, तितिक्षा, इन्द्रिय-संयम, सरलता और परम तत्त्व--यह सब कुछ वासुदेव ही है
vāsudevaḥ param idaṃ viśvasya brahmaṇo mukham | satyaṃ jñānam atho yajñas titikṣā dama ārjavam |
ビーシュマは言った。「ヴァースデーヴァは至上の根源であり、宇宙とブラフマンの『顔』—すなわち最も卓越した顕現—そのものである。真実、霊的知、供犠（ヤジュニャ）、忍耐、自制、そして率直さ——これらの徳と、それらが指し示す最高原理とは、本質においてヴァースデーヴァその人にほかならぬ。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
All cardinal virtues—truth, knowledge, sacrifice, endurance, self-control, and integrity—are not merely human qualities but expressions of the Supreme; recognizing Vāsudeva as their ground unifies ethics with devotion and metaphysics.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhīṣma teaches Yudhiṣṭhira by identifying Vāsudeva (Krishna) as the highest reality and as the source and essence of the principal dharmic virtues.