Shloka 42
Bhīṣmadeva’s Passing Away in the Presence of Lord Kṛṣṇa
तमिममहमजं शरीरभाजां हृदि हृदि धिष्ठितमात्मकल्पितानाम् । प्रतिदृशमिव नैकधार्कमेकं समधिगतोऽस्मि विधूतभेदमोह: ॥ ४२ ॥
tam imam aham ajaṁ śarīra-bhājāṁ hṛdi hṛdi dhiṣṭhitam ātma-kalpitānām pratidṛśam iva naikadhārkam ekaṁ samadhi-gato ’smi vidhūta-bheda-mohaḥ
ഇപ്പോൾ ഞാൻ ആ അജൻമനായ ഏക ഭഗവാൻ ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണനെ പൂർണ്ണ ഏകാഗ്രതയോടെ ധ്യാനിക്കാം; അദ്ദേഹം ദേഹധാരികളുടെ ഹൃദയം ഹൃദയം, മനസ്സുകൽപ്പനയിൽ മുങ്ങിയ തർക്കികളുടെ ഹൃദയത്തിലും അധിഷ്ഠിതനാണ്. സൂര്യൻ ഒരുവനായിട്ടും ദൃഷ്ടിഭേദം മൂലം പലവിധം തോന്നുന്നതുപോലെ, പ്രഭു ഒരുവനായി എല്ലാവരുടെയും ഹൃദയത്തിൽ വസിക്കുന്നു. ദ്വൈതമോഹം ഇപ്പോൾ നീങ്ങി.
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the one Absolute Supreme Personality of Godhead, but He has expanded Himself into His multiplenary portions by His inconceivable energy. The conception of duality is due to ignorance of His inconceivable energy. In the Bhagavad-gītā (9.11) the Lord says that only the foolish take Him to be a mere human being. Such foolish men are not aware of His inconceivable energies. By His inconceivable energy He is present in everyone’s heart, as the sun is present before everyone all over the world. The Paramātmā feature of the Lord is an expansion of His plenary portions. He expands Himself as Paramātmā in everyone’s heart by His inconceivable energy, and He also expands Himself as the glowing effulgence of brahmajyoti by expansion of His personal glow. It is stated in the Brahma-saṁhitā that the brahmajyoti is His personal glow. Therefore, there is no difference between Him and His personal glow, brahmajyoti, or His plenary portions as Paramātmā. Less intelligent persons who are not aware of this fact consider brahmajyoti and Paramātmā to be different from Śrī Kṛṣṇa. This misconception of duality is completely removed from the mind of Bhīṣmadeva, and he is now satisfied that it is Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa only who is all in all in everything. This enlightenment is attained by the great mahātmās or devotees, as it is stated in Bhagavad-gītā (7.19) that Vāsudeva is all in all in everything and that there is no existence of anything without Vāsudeva. Vāsudeva, or Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, is the original Supreme Person, as now confirmed by a mahājana, and therefore both the neophytes and the pure devotees must try to follow in his footsteps. That is the way of the devotional line.
FAQs
This verse states that the unborn Supreme Lord is situated in the heart of every embodied being, appearing many only due to differing perceptions—like one sun reflected in many places.
While lying on the bed of arrows at the end of his life, Bhishma offered prayers directly to Krishna, expressing his realized vision that the one Lord present before him also dwells within all hearts, dissolving his sense of duality.
Practice seeing the same Divine presence within all beings—reducing envy and hostility—and cultivate devotion and inner remembrance (smaraṇa) to steady the mind in unity.