Shloka 29

यस्य चैवात्मजो ब्रह्मा सर्वस्य जगत: पिता । कथं न वासुदेवो यमर्च्यश्लेज्यश्ष॒ मानवै:,सम्पूर्ण जगतके पिता ब्रह्मा जिनके पुत्र हैं, वे भगवान्‌ वासुदेव मनुष्योंके लिये आराधनीय तथा पूजनीय कैसे नहीं हैं?

yasya caivātmajo brahmā sarvasya jagataḥ pitā | kathaṁ na vāsudevo yam arcyāślejyāḥ mānavaiḥ ||

यस्य चैवात्मजो ब्रह्मा सर्वस्य जगतः पिता। कथं न वासुदेवोऽयं अर्च्यः पूज्यश्च मानवैः॥

यस्यof whom/whose
यस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
आत्मजःson
आत्मजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ब्रह्माBrahmā
ब्रह्मा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (ब्रह्मा)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वस्यof all
सर्वस्य:
Sambandha
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
जगतःof the world
जगतः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootजगत्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
पिताfather
पिता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कथम्how
कथम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम्
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वासुदेवःVāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
वासुदेवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवासुदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यम्whom
यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अर्च्यःworthy to be worshipped
अर्च्यः:
Predicate
TypeAdjective
Rootअर्च्य (√अर्च्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
लेख्यःworthy to be praised/celebrated (lit. to be written)
लेख्यः:
Predicate
TypeAdjective
Rootलेख्य (√लिख्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मानवैःby humans
मानवैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमानव
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
B
Brahmā
V
Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

Bhīṣma asserts a theological hierarchy: since even Brahmā—the cosmic father—is described as the Lord’s son, Vāsudeva must be supremely venerable; therefore humans should worship and honor him with reverence and loving devotion.

In Bhīṣma Parva, Bhīṣma speaks in praise of Vāsudeva, using a rhetorical question to affirm that Kṛṣṇa is inherently worthy of worship because of his transcendent status over even Brahmā.