Shloka 19
तस्यान्तरिक्षं पृथिवी दिवं च सर्व वशे तिष्ठति शाश्वृतस्य । स कुम्भे रेत: ससृजे सुराणां यत्रोत्पन्नमृषिमाहुर्वसिष्ठम्
tasyāntarikṣaṃ pṛthivī divaṃ ca sarvaṃ vaśe tiṣṭhati śāśvatasya | sa kumbhe retaḥ sasṛje surāṇāṃ yatrotpannam ṛṣim āhur vasiṣṭham ||
بھیشم نے کہا—فضائے میانی، زمین اور آسمان—سب کچھ اُس ازلی شری کرشن کے اختیار میں قائم ہے۔ اسی نے دیوتاؤں (مِتر اور ورُن) کا بیج ایک کُمبھ میں رکھا؛ جس سے، کہا جاتا ہے، رِشی وسِشٹھ کی پیدائش ہوئی۔
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts the supremacy of the Eternal Lord: all realms—earth, atmosphere, and heaven—operate under his governance. It reinforces a dharmic worldview in which cosmic order and even extraordinary births of sages occur through divine will.
Bhīṣma praises the Eternal Being (understood here as Śrī Kṛṣṇa) and cites a traditional account: the generative essence of the gods (specifically Mitra and Varuṇa) was deposited in a jar, and from that jar the sage Vasiṣṭha is said to have been born.