Shloka 47
Brahmacarya-Upāya: Jñāna, Śauca, and the Mind’s Role in Desire (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय २०७)
(तप: स्वरूपो महादेव: कृष्णो देवकिनन्दन: । तस्य प्रसादाद् दुःखस्य नाशं प्राप्स्यसि मानद ।।
tapaḥ-svarūpo mahādevaḥ kṛṣṇo devakīnandanaḥ | tasya prasādād duḥkhasya nāśaṃ prāpsyasi mānada || ekaḥ kartā sa kṛṣṇaś ca jñānināṃ paramā gatiḥ ||
भीष्म म्हणाले—सर्वांना मान देणाऱ्या राजन्! देवकीनंदन श्रीकृष्ण हेच तपस्येचे स्वरूप, परमेश्वर आहेत. त्यांच्या कृपेने तुझे दुःख नष्ट होईल. तेच एकमेव कर्ते असून ज्ञानीजनांची परमगती आहेत. (पुढे भीष्मांनी हे नारदांकडून ऐकलेल्या उपदेशरूपाने सांगितले—निर्मळ, अहंकाररहित महात्मे सदैव प्रभूचे दर्शन करतात; त्यांच्याकडे जाऊन विचारावे; आणि त्यांच्या प्रसादालाच प्रभूचा प्रसाद मानावे—अशा रीतीने युधिष्ठिराला सर्वकारणकारण व मोक्षदाता श्रीकृष्णाच्या शरण जाण्यास प्रवृत्त केले.)
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that Kṛṣṇa is not merely a helper but the supreme reality: the very embodiment of tapas, the sole true agent, and the highest destination of the wise. Relief from suffering is presented as arising primarily through divine grace (prasāda) obtained by taking refuge in Him.
In the immediate verse, Bhishma addresses Yudhiṣṭhira, assuring him that Kṛṣṇa’s grace will end his sorrow and declaring Kṛṣṇa the supreme goal. In the surrounding passage, Bhishma supports this claim by recalling a tradition involving Nārada’s encounter with the Lord and the instruction to seek the company of pure sages—culminating in an exhortation to approach and rely upon Kṛṣṇa.