Shloka 47

भीष्मस्य भीमसेन-निरोधः

Bhīṣma checks Bhīmasena; matched engagements intensify

Devanagari script

विश्वावसुर्विश्वमूर्ति वि श्लेशो विष्वक्सेनो विश्वकर्मा वशी च । विश्वेश्वरो वासुदेवो$सि तस्माद्‌ योगात्मान दैवतं त्वामुपैमि,प्रभो! आप सम्पूर्ण विश्वको आच्छादित करनेवाले, विश्वस्वरूप और विश्वके स्वामी हैं। विश्वमें सब ओर आपकी सेना है। यह विश्व आपका कार्य है। आप सबको अपने वशमें रखनेवाले हैं। इसीलिये आपको विश्वेश्वर और वासुदेव कहते हैं। आप योगस्वरूप देवता हैं, मैं आपकी शरणमें आया हूँ

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca |

viśvāvasur viśvamūrtir viśleṣo viṣvakseno viśvakarmā vaśī ca |

viśveśvaro vāsudevo 'si tasmād yogātman daivataṁ tvām upaimi prabho ||

Translation

Bhīṣma disse: “Tu és a presença que tudo permeia, a própria forma do universo; aquele que separa e dissolve; o Senhor cujas forças estão por toda parte; o artífice cósmico e o soberano controlador. Por isso és chamado Senhor do universo e Vāsudeva. Ó Senhor, tu és a divindade cuja essência é o Yoga; em ti me refugio.”

Word by Word

विश्वावसुःthe all-pervading one / one whose wealth is the universe

विश्वमूर्तिःhe whose form is the universe

विश्लेषःthe separator / the one who differentiates

विष्वक्सेनःhe whose armies are everywhere

विश्वकर्माthe maker of the universe

वशीthe controller / one who holds all in subjection

विश्वेश्वरःLord of the universe

वासुदेवःVāsudeva (Krishna)

असिyou are

तस्मात्therefore / from that reason

योगात्मन्O one whose essence is yoga

दैवतम्deity / divine being

त्वाम्you

उपैमिI approach / I take refuge in

प्रभोO Lord

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma (Bhīṣma)

Vasudeva/Krishna (Vāsudeva)

Vishvaksena (Viṣvaksena, epithet)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches śaraṇāgati (taking refuge): recognizing the supreme Lord as the universe’s maker, ruler, and indwelling reality, one turns from self-reliance to surrender grounded in Yoga—inner discipline and God-centered realization.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma, speaking in the Bhishma Parva context of the Kurukshetra war, offers a hymn-like address to Vasudeva (Krishna), stringing together cosmic epithets and concluding with a direct act of refuge: “I approach you, O Lord.”