Shloka 16
योगो योगविदां नेता प्रधानपुरुषेश्वर: । नारसिंहवपु: श्रीमान् केशव: पुरुषोत्तम:
yogo yogavidāṁ netā pradhāna-puruṣeśvaraḥ | nārasiṁha-vapuḥ śrīmān keśavaḥ puruṣottamaḥ ||
بھیشم نے کہا—وہی یوگ ہے، اور یوگ کو جاننے والوں کا رہنما؛ وہی پرکرتی اور پُرُش کا ایشور ہے۔ وہی شریمان ہے، جو نرسمہ کا روپ دھارتا ہے؛ وہی کیشو ہے؛ اور وہی پُرُشوتم ہے—فانی اور غیر فانی دونوں سے برتر۔
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the Supreme Lord is both the goal and the guide of spiritual discipline: He is ‘Yoga’ (inner restraint and realization), the leader of yogic knowers, and the sovereign over both Prakṛti (nature) and Puruṣa (spirit). Ethically, it links dharma to self-mastery and devotion to the highest ruler who sustains cosmic and inner order.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs and praises the Supreme through a litany of divine names and attributes. Here he enumerates epithets of Keśava—highlighting His yogic guidance, metaphysical lordship, protective Narasiṁha form, and supreme status beyond the perishable and imperishable.