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Shloka 3

Adhyāya 70: Sātyaki’s Arrow-Display and the Bhūriśravas Engagement; Twilight Withdrawal

मार्कण्डेयश्व गोविन्दे कथयत्यद्भुतं महत्‌ । सर्वभूतानि भूतात्मा महात्मा पुरुषोत्तम:

mārkaṇḍeyaś ca govinde kathayaty adbhutaṃ mahat | sarvabhūtāni bhūtātmā mahātmā puruṣottamaḥ ||

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “และมารกัณฑेय เมื่อกล่าวถึงโควินทะ ก็เล่าเรื่องอันยิ่งใหญ่และน่าอัศจรรย์—ว่าพุรุโษตตมะผู้มหาตมะนั้น เป็นอาตมันภายในสรรพสัตว์ แผ่ซ่านและค้ำจุนสรรพชีวิตทั้งปวง”

मार्कण्डेयःMarkandeya (sage)
मार्कण्डेयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमार्कण्डेय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
गोविन्देin/with regard to Govinda (Krishna)
गोविन्दे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगोविन्द
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
कथयतिtells, narrates
कथयति:
TypeVerb
Rootकथय्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
अद्भुतम्wonderful, marvelous
अद्भुतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअद्भुत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
महत्great
महत्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सर्वभूतानिall beings
सर्वभूतानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वभूत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
भूतात्माthe self/soul of beings
भूतात्मा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभूतात्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महात्माthe great-souled one
महात्मा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहात्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुरुषोत्तमःthe सर्वोत्तम पुरुष, Supreme Person
पुरुषोत्तमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुषोत्तम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
M
Mārkaṇḍeya
G
Govinda (Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu)
S
sarvabhūtāni (all beings)

Educational Q&A

The verse affirms Govinda (Kṛṣṇa) as Puruṣottama—the Supreme Person—who is also Bhūtātmā, the indwelling Self of all beings. Ethically, it frames dharma and right action as grounded in recognition of a single divine reality that sustains all life.

Bhīṣma reports that the sage Mārkaṇḍeya narrates a profound, wondrous account concerning Govinda—presenting him as the great-souled cosmic Self who contains and supports all creatures, thereby elevating the discussion from battlefield events to divine cosmology and authority.