Shloka 28
लोकाध्यक्ष: सुराध्यक्षो धर्माध्यक्ष: कृताकृत: । चतुरात्मा चतुर्व्यूहश्चतुर्दष्ट श्चतुर्भुज:
lokādhyakṣaḥ surādhyakṣo dharmādhyakṣaḥ kṛtākṛtaḥ | caturātmā caturvyūhaś caturdaṃṣṭraś caturbhujaḥ ||
भीष्म म्हणाले—तो लोकाध्यक्ष—समस्त लोकांचा अधिपती; सुराध्यक्ष—देवांचा अध्यक्ष; धर्माध्यक्ष—धर्म-अधर्माचा निर्णायक, कृत-अकृतानुसार योग्य फल देणारा. तो कृताकृत—कार्यरूपाने कृत आणि कारणरूपाने अकृत. तो चतुरात्मा—चार स्वरूपांचा; चतुर्व्यूह—चार व्यूहांत प्रकट; चतुर्दंष्ट्र—चार दाढांचा रक्षक-स्वरूप; आणि चतुर्भुज—वैकुण्ठवासी चतुर्भुज भगवान विष्णु।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents the Lord as the cosmic administrator of dharma: the one who oversees worlds and gods and who ensures that actions (and even failures to act) yield appropriate consequences. Ethical order is not accidental; it is upheld by a supreme moral governance.
Bhishma is reciting a praise-description of Viṣṇu, listing divine epithets and forms. The focus is on Viṣṇu’s universal lordship and protective manifestations, situating him as the ultimate authority behind dharma and cosmic stability.