Shloka 14
Śiśupāla-janma-lakṣaṇaṃ (Śiśupāla’s birth marks and the prophecy of his end)
चतुर्विधानां भूतानां त्रिषु लोकेषु माधव: । प्रभवश्वैव सर्वेषां निधनं च युधिष्ठिर:
caturvidhānāṃ bhūtānāṃ triṣu lokeṣu mādhavaḥ | prabhavaś caiva sarveṣāṃ nidhanaṃ ca yudhiṣṭhira ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “O Yudhiṣṭhira, si Mādhava (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) sa tatlong daigdig ang pinagmulan at ang huling hantungan ng lahat ng nilalang—ng bawat uri ng buhay, sa apat na paraan ng pagsilang.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents Kṛṣṇa (Mādhava) as the ultimate ground of existence: all living beings—whatever their mode of birth—arise from him and finally return to him. Ethically, it frames reality as governed by a single sustaining principle, encouraging reverence, humility, and alignment with dharma.
Vaiśampāyana addresses Yudhiṣṭhira and states a theological affirmation about Mādhava’s cosmic status: across the three worlds, he is both the origin and dissolution of all creatures, encompassing every category of embodied life.