Shloka 79
Nāgendra–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda: Praśna-vidhi and Dharmic Approach on the Gomatī Riverbank
यां यामिच्छेत् तनुं देव: कर्तु कार्यविधौ क्वचित् । तां तां कुर्याद् विकुर्वाण: स्वयमात्मानमात्मना
yāṁ yām icchet tanuṁ devaḥ kartuṁ kārya-vidhau kvacit | tāṁ tāṁ kuryād vikurvāṇaḥ svayam ātmānam ātmanā ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśaṃpāyana: Tuwing naisin ng Banal na mag-anyong isang tiyak na katawan upang ganapin ang isang gawain, sa sandaling iyon din ay inihahayag Niya ang anyong iyon—binabago ang Kanyang sarili sa Kanyang sariling kapangyarihan—upang matupad ang nilalayong gawa.
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Supreme is free from limitation by any single form and can manifest whatever embodiment is required to accomplish a purpose—especially the maintenance of order and the fulfillment of dharma—acting through His own inherent power.
Vaiśaṃpāyana states a doctrinal point within the Śānti Parva’s reflective teaching: the Divine, when a task arises, assumes an appropriate form and becomes manifest to carry out that work, emphasizing purposeful manifestation rather than accidental embodiment.