Shloka 5
Makara-vyūha and Krauñca-prativyūha at Sunrise (मकरव्यूहः क्रौञ्चप्रतिव्यूहश्च)
“भगवान् भूगुने आपको देवताओंका भी देवता कहा है। विष्णो! आपका रूप अत्यन्त पुरातन और उत्तवृष्ट है ।।
bhīṣma uvāca | bhagavān bhṛguṇe āpko devatāoṃ kā bhī devatā kahā hai | viṣṇo! āp kā rūpa atyanta purātana aura uttama-śreṣṭha hai || vāsudevo vasūnāṃ tvaṃ śakraṃ sthāpayitā tathā | deva-devo 'si devānām iti dvaipāyano 'bravīt ||
Bhīṣma disse: «O venerável sábio da linhagem de Bhṛgu chamou-te o Deus dos deuses. Ó Viṣṇu, a tua forma é antiquíssima e supremamente excelsa. Tu és Vāsudeva entre os Vasus, e foste tu quem estabeleceu Śakra (Indra) na soberania do céu. Assim declarou o sábio Dvaipāyana: “Tu és o Deus dos deuses.”»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts Viṣṇu’s supreme status: even the gods depend upon him. By portraying him as the one who legitimizes Indra’s rule in heaven, it frames divine authority and cosmic governance as grounded in a higher, dharmic source.
Bhīṣma offers a stuti (praise) identifying Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa as primordial and unsurpassed, citing revered seers (a Bhṛgu sage and Dvaipāyana/Vyāsa) as witnesses to this doctrine, and highlighting his role in establishing Indra’s sovereignty.