Shloka 46
युगादिकृद् युगावर्तो नैकमायो महाशन: । अदृश्योड्व्यक्तरूपश्न सहस्नजिदनन्तजित्
yugādikṛd yugāvarto naikamāyo mahāśanaḥ | adṛśyo 'vyaktarūpaś ca sahasrajid anantajit ||
भीष्म म्हणाले— तो युगांचा आदिकर्ता आहे आणि युगचक्र फिरवणारा आहे. तो अनेक मायाशक्ती धारण करतो, आणि कल्पान्ती सर्वांना ग्रासणारा महाशन आहे. इंद्रियांना अगोचर, अव्यक्तरूप, तो सहस्रजित् आणि अनंतजित्—सर्व क्षेत्रांत सर्व भूतांवर सदैव विजय मिळवणारा।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents the Supreme as the controller of cosmic time and dissolution: he initiates the yugas, turns their cycle, manifests through many powers (māyā), yet remains beyond sensory grasp and unmanifest in essence. Ethically, it grounds dharma in reverence for a transcendent ruler whose victory is universal and inexhaustible.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira and praising the supreme deity through a sequence of epithets. This verse continues that litany, describing divine attributes—cosmic governance, hiddenness, and invincibility—within Bhīṣma’s didactic discourse on dharma and devotion.