Shloka 19
श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः
Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma
अनादिनिधन: श्रीमान् हरिनारायण: प्रभु: । देव: सृजति भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च
anādinidhanaḥ śrīmān harinārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | devaḥ sṛjati bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca
Wika ni Bhīṣma: Ang maluwalhating Panginoong Hari–Nārāyaṇa—walang pasimula at walang wakas—ang lumilikha ng lahat ng nilalang, kapwa yaong di gumagalaw at yaong gumagalaw. Sa aral na ito, ang paglikha ay inihaharap na nakasalig sa kataas-taasang, walang-hanggang paghahari, na nag-aanyaya sa nakikinig na makita ang kaayusang moral ng daigdig na nakaugat sa banal na pinagmumulan ng lahat ng buhay.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.