Shloka 8
अश्वशिरो-आख्यानम्
Aśvaśiras / Hayaśiras Narrative: Retrieval of the Vedas
नारायणो हि विश्वात्मा चतुर्मूर्ति: सनातन: । धर्मात्मज: सम्बभूव पितैव॑ मे5भ्यभाषत,मेरे पिताजीने मुझे यह बताया था कि भगवान् नारायण सम्पूर्ण जगत्के आत्मा, चतुर्मूर्ति और सनातन देवता हैं। वे ही एक समय धर्मके पुत्ररूपसे प्रकट हुए थे
nārāyaṇo hi viśvātmā caturmūrtiḥ sanātanaḥ | dharmātmajaḥ sambabhūva pitā iva me 'bhyabhāṣata ||
नारायणो हि विश्वात्मा चतुर्मूर्तिः सनातनः। धर्मात्मजः सम्बभूव पितैव मेऽभ्यभाषत॥
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is rooted in the eternal divine principle: Nārāyaṇa is the universal Self and the timeless source from which righteous order and its exemplars arise; recognizing this links ethical life to devotion and metaphysical truth.
Bhīṣma, while instructing in Śānti Parva, cites an authoritative tradition received from his father: he identifies Nārāyaṇa as the cosmic Self, eternal and four-formed, and recalls that this deity manifested as the son of Dharma.