Shloka 19
श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः
Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma
अनादिनिधन: श्रीमान् हरिनारायण: प्रभु: । देव: सृजति भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च
anādinidhanaḥ śrīmān harinārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | devaḥ sṛjati bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca
अनादिनिधनः श्रीमान् हरिनारायणः प्रभुः । देवः सृजति भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च ॥
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the supreme Lord Hari-Nārāyaṇa is eternal (without beginning or end) and is the creator of all categories of life—immobile and mobile—implying that the world’s order and dharma ultimately rest on a single divine source.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and right understanding after the war; here he frames his discourse theologically by identifying Hari-Nārāyaṇa as the eternal creator of all beings.