Shloka 19
Kṛṣṇa’s Dhyāna and the Prompt to Question Bhīṣma (कृष्णध्यानं भीष्मप्रश्नप्रेरणा च)
स हि भूतं भविष्यच्च भवच्च भरतर्षभ । वेत्ति धर्मविदां श्रेष्ठ तमस्मि मनसा गत:
sa hi bhūtaṃ bhaviṣyac ca bhavac ca bharatarṣabha | vetti dharmavidāṃ śreṣṭhas tam asmi manasā gataḥ ||
«ဘာရတတို့အနက် အထွဋ်အမြတ်ရေ၊ ဓမ္မကို အကောင်းဆုံးသိမြင်သူ ဘီရှ္မသည် အတိတ်၊ အနာဂတ်၊ ပစ္စုပ္ပန် သုံးကာလလုံးကို သိတတ်၏။ ထိုဓမ္မပညာရှင်တို့အနက် အမြတ်ဆုံးဖြစ်သော ဘီရှ္မထံသို့ပင် ငါ၏စိတ်သည် အတွင်းသို့လှည့်ကာ သတိတရဖြစ်နေ하였다။»
वासुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
True mastery of dharma is portrayed as comprehensive discernment—an ability to judge rightly across time (past, present, and future). The verse elevates Bhīṣma as an exemplary authority whose insight merits inward recollection and reliance.
Vāsudeva speaks while reflecting on Bhīṣma’s exceptional dharma-knowledge. He indicates that his mind has turned toward Bhīṣma, implicitly acknowledging him as the appropriate guide or reference point for understanding righteous conduct.