Shloka 44
मृत्युश्वैव प्राणिनामन्तकाले साक्षात् कृष्ण: शाश्वतो धर्मवाह: | भूतं च यच्चेह न विद्या किंचिद् विष्वक्सेनात् सर्वमेतत् प्रतीहि
mṛtyuś caiva prāṇinām antakāle sākṣāt kṛṣṇaḥ śāśvato dharmavāhaḥ | bhūtaṃ ca yac ceha na vidyā kiṃcid viṣvaksenāt sarvam etat pratīhi ||
Bhishma disse: No instante derradeiro dos seres vivos, a própria Morte não é senão Kṛṣṇa manifestado diante deles. Ele é o eterno portador e sustentador do Dharma. O que já aconteceu e o que aqui ainda é desconhecido e não apreendido—sabe com certeza que tudo procede somente de Viṣvaksena (Kṛṣṇa).
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the ultimate power encountered at death is not separate from the Supreme—Kṛṣṇa himself. As the eternal sustainer of dharma, he governs both what is already known (the past) and what remains unknown, implying that all events and knowledge arise under divine sovereignty.
Bhīṣma, instructing on dharma in the Anuśāsana Parva, identifies Kṛṣṇa with Death at the end-time of beings and affirms Kṛṣṇa (as Viṣvaksena) as the source from whom all manifested and unmanifested/unknown matters proceed.