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Shloka 36

वेद्यं च यद्‌ वेदयते च वेद्यं विधिश्व यश्व श्रयते विधेयम्‌ । धर्मे च वेदे च बले च सर्व चराचरं केशवं त्वं प्रतीहि

vedyaṃ ca yad vedayate ca vedyaṃ vidhiś ca yaś ca śrayate vidheyam | dharme ca vede ca bale ca sarvaṃ carācaraṃ keśavaṃ tvaṃ pratīhi ||

భీష్ముడు పలికెను— దృఢ విశ్వాసంతో గ్రహించుము: తెలిసికొనవలసినది (వేద్యం) మరియు దానిని తెలుసుకొనుటకు యత్నించు జ్ఞాత; విధి మరియు విధేయము (విహిత కర్మ)ను ఆశ్రయించువాడు—ఇవన్నీ ధర్మములో, వేదములో, దివ్యబలములో నిలిచియున్నవి. చరాచర సమస్త జగత్తు కేశవుడు (శ్రీకృష్ణుడు) స్వరూపమేనని నిశ్చయించుము.

वेद्यम्that which is to be known
वेद्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootवेद्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
यत्which/that
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वेदयतेknows/comes to know
वेदयते:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
FormPresent, Atmanepada, Third, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वेद्यम्the knowable (object)
वेद्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootवेद्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
विधिःordinance/creator (Brahmā)/rule
विधिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविधि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
श्रयतेresorts to/takes refuge in
श्रयते:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रि
FormPresent, Atmanepada, Third, Singular
विधेयम्that which is to be done; prescribed act
विधेयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविधेय
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
धर्मेin dharma
धर्मे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वेदेin the Veda
वेदे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवेद
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
बलेin strength/power
बले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootबल
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सर्वम्all; the whole
सर्वम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
चराचरम्the moving and the unmoving (all beings)
चराचरम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचराचर
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
केशवम्Keshava (Krishna)
केशवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकेशव
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormNominative, Singular
प्रतीहिknow/understand; be convinced
प्रतीहि:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति-इ
FormImperative, Parasmaipada, Second, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
K
Keshava (Krishna)
V
Veda
D
Dharma

Educational Q&A

Bhishma teaches a comprehensive theistic vision: the knowable truth, the knower, the scriptural injunction, and the prescribed act—all are ultimately grounded in and pervaded by Keshava. Hence Dharma and Vedic authority culminate in recognizing Krishna as the inner reality of the entire cosmos (carācara).

In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma and higher spiritual understanding. Here he elevates the discussion from ritual and duty to metaphysical assurance, urging unwavering conviction that all categories of knowledge and action, and the whole world itself, are forms of Krishna.