Shloka 9
Śānti Parva Adhyāya 43 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Stuti of Kṛṣṇa
Assembly Hymn of Many Names
वरिष्ठ उग्रसेनानी: सत्यो वाजसनिर्गुह: । अच्युतश्न्यावनो<रीणां संस्कृतो विकृतिर्वष:,'सबसे श्रेष्ठ, भयंकर सेनापति, सत्यस्वरूप, अन्नदाता तथा स्वामी कार्तिकिय भी आप ही हैं। आप स्वयं कभी युद्धसे विचलित न होकर शत्रुओंको पीछे हटा देते हैं। संस्कार- सम्पन्न द्विज और संस्कारशून्य वर्णसंकर भी आपके ही स्वरूप हैं। आप कामनाओंकी वर्षा करनेवाले वृष (धर्म) हैं
variṣṭha ugra-senānīḥ satyo vāja-sannirguhaḥ | acyuta-śnyāvano 'rīṇāṃ saṃskṛto vikṛtir vṛṣaḥ ||
वैशम्पायन उवाच— त्वं वरिष्ठ उग्रसेनानी सत्यो वाजसनिर्गुहः। अच्युतः शत्रुवाहीनां युद्धे न विचलस्यसि॥ संस्कृतो विकृतिश्चैव द्विजो वर्णसंकरस्तथा। त्वं वृषो धर्मराजश्च कामवर्षी महाबलः॥
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a theological-ethical vision in which the divine encompasses opposites: truth and power, nourishment and warfare, refined social-religious order and its deviations. It frames Dharma as a divine principle that sustains society and also governs righteous force in conflict.
Vaiśampāyana continues a eulogistic description of the supreme being addressed as Acyuta, attributing to him multiple cosmic and martial identities (including Kārttikeya) and asserting that all social types—both saṃskṛta (ritually refined) and vikṛta (unrefined/mixed)—are included within his manifestation.