Shloka 6
Śānti Parva Adhyāya 43 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Stuti of Kṛṣṇa
Assembly Hymn of Many Names
अदित्या: सप्तधा त्वं तु पुराणो गर्भतां गत: । पृश्चिगर्भस्त्वमेवैकस्त्रियुगं त्वां वदन्त्यपि
adityāḥ saptadhā tvaṃ tu purāṇo garbhatāṃ gataḥ | pṛścigarbhas tvam evaikas triyugaṃ tvāṃ vadanty api ||
ਹੇ ਪੁਰਾਣ ਪੁਰਖ! ਤੁਸੀਂ ਅਦਿਤੀ ਦੇ ਗਰਭ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੱਤ ਢੰਗਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਅਵਤਾਰ ਧਾਰਿਆ; ਤੁਸੀਂ ਹੀ ਇਕਮਾਤ੍ਰ ‘ਪ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਚਿਗਰਭ’ ਨਾਮ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ ਹੋ; ਅਤੇ ਤਿੰਨਾਂ ਯੁਗਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਹੋਣ ਕਰਕੇ ਵਿਦਵਾਨ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ‘ਤ੍ਰਿਯੁਗ’ ਵੀ ਆਖਦੇ ਹਨ।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes the Lord’s transcendence and compassionate accessibility: the primordial reality can assume multiple forms and names for the welfare and understanding of beings across different ages. Recognizing these epithets is a way of acknowledging divine continuity through time.
Vaiśaṃpāyana is describing the addressed deity as having taken birth/manifestation through Aditi in sevenfold fashion, identifying him with the epithet Pṛścigarbha, and noting that learned people call him Triyuga because of his appearance across the three yugas.