Shloka 28
लोकाध्यक्ष: सुराध्यक्षो धर्माध्यक्ष: कृताकृत: । चतुरात्मा चतुर्व्यूहश्चतुर्दष्ट श्चतुर्भुज:
lokādhyakṣaḥ surādhyakṣo dharmādhyakṣaḥ kṛtākṛtaḥ | caturātmā caturvyūhaś caturdaṃṣṭraś caturbhujaḥ ||
लोकाध्यक्षः सुराध्यक्षो धर्माध्यक्षः कृताकृतः । चतुरात्मा चतुर्व्यूहश्चतुर्दंष्ट्रश्चतुर्भुजः ॥
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents the Lord as the cosmic administrator of dharma: the one who oversees worlds and gods and who ensures that actions (and even failures to act) yield appropriate consequences. Ethical order is not accidental; it is upheld by a supreme moral governance.
Bhishma is reciting a praise-description of Viṣṇu, listing divine epithets and forms. The focus is on Viṣṇu’s universal lordship and protective manifestations, situating him as the ultimate authority behind dharma and cosmic stability.