Shloka 19

श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः

Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma

Devanagari script

अनादिनिधन: श्रीमान्‌ हरिनारायण: प्रभु: । देव: सृजति भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च

Transliteration

anādinidhanaḥ śrīmān harinārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | devaḥ sṛjati bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca

Translation

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า—พระผู้เป็นเจ้า หริ-นารายณ์ ผู้รุ่งเรือง ไร้จุดเริ่มและไร้จุดจบ ทรงสร้างสรรพสัตว์ทั้งปวง ทั้งที่อยู่นิ่งและที่เคลื่อนไหว.

Word by Word

अनादिनिधनःbeginningless and endless

श्रीमान्glorious; possessing prosperity

हरिनारायणःHari and Nārāyaṇa (the Lord)

प्रभुःthe Lord; master

देवःthe god; the divine one

सृजतिcreates; produces

भूतानिbeings; creatures

स्थावराणिimmobile (ones)

चराणिmobile (ones)

चand

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Hari

Nārāyaṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.