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Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 46

एतादृश: केशवो5तश्व भूयो नारायण: परमश्चाव्ययश्व । मध्याद्यन्तस्य जगतस्तस्थुषश्न बुभूषतां प्रभवश्वाव्ययश्व

etādṛśaḥ keśavo ’taś ca bhūyo nārāyaṇaḥ paramaś cāvyayaś ca | madhyādyantasya jagatas tasthuṣaś ca bubhūṣatāṃ prabhavaś cāvyayaś ca ||

Wika ni Bhishma: Ganyan ang kadakilaan ni Keśava—at sa katotohanan ay higit pang mas dakila. Siya lamang ang Nārāyaṇa, ang Kataas-taasang Persona na di-nasisira. Siya ang simula, gitna, at wakas ng buong sansinukob—ng lahat ng gumagalaw at lahat ng nakatindig. At para sa mga nilalang na nagnanais magkatawang-tao at isilang sa daigdig, Siya ang pinagmumulan ng kanilang paglitaw; kaya Siya’y tinatawag na di-nagbabago at di-napaparam na Panginoon sa loob ng lahat.

एतादृशःsuch (of this kind)
एतादृशः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएतादृश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
केशवःKeshava (Krishna)
केशवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकेशव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अतःtherefore / hence
अतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतः
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
भूयःagain; moreover; even more
भूयः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभूयस्
नारायणःNarayana
नारायणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनारायण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
परमःsupreme
परमः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अव्ययःimperishable; unchanging
अव्ययः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मध्यof the middle
मध्य:
TypeNoun
Rootमध्य
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
आद्यन्तस्यof the beginning and end
आद्यन्तस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootआदि-अन्त
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
जगतःof the world
जगतः:
TypeNoun
Rootजगत्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
तस्थुषःof that which stands (the stationary)
तस्थुषः:
TypeVerb
Rootस्था
FormPerfect active participle (लिट्-कृदन्त), तस्थुष्, Neuter, Genitive, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
बुभूषताम्of those wishing to be/become (to be born)
बुभूषताम्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormDesiderative present participle (सन्नन्त-शतृ), बुभूषत्, Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
प्रभवःorigin; source; cause
प्रभवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अव्ययःimperishable; unchanging
अव्ययः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
K
Keshava (Krishna)
N
Narayana

Educational Q&A

The verse identifies Krishna (Keshava) with the supreme, imperishable Narayana: the unchanging source and support of the cosmos, who is simultaneously its beginning, middle, and end, and the causal origin of embodied beings.

Bhishma, speaking in the Anushasana Parva, praises and theologically defines Krishna’s status, presenting him as the supreme Lord who underlies all existence and the process of beings taking birth in the world.