Shloka 19
श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः
Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma
अनादिनिधन: श्रीमान् हरिनारायण: प्रभु: । देव: सृजति भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च
anādinidhanaḥ śrīmān harinārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | devaḥ sṛjati bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca
ビーシュマは語った。「始まりも終わりもなき光栄ある主、ハリ＝ナーラーヤナは、動かぬものと動くもの、あらゆる存在を創り出す。この教えにおいて創造は、至高にして永遠なる主権に根ざすものとして示され、世の道義の秩序が万生命の神聖なる源泉に由来することを聴く者に悟らせる。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the supreme Lord Hari-Nārāyaṇa is eternal (without beginning or end) and is the creator of all categories of life—immobile and mobile—implying that the world’s order and dharma ultimately rest on a single divine source.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and right understanding after the war; here he frames his discourse theologically by identifying Hari-Nārāyaṇa as the eternal creator of all beings.