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Shloka 8

अश्वशिरो-आख्यानम्

Aśvaśiras / Hayaśiras Narrative: Retrieval of the Vedas

नारायणो हि विश्वात्मा चतुर्मूर्ति: सनातन: । धर्मात्मज: सम्बभूव पितैव॑ मे5भ्यभाषत,मेरे पिताजीने मुझे यह बताया था कि भगवान्‌ नारायण सम्पूर्ण जगत्‌के आत्मा, चतुर्मूर्ति और सनातन देवता हैं। वे ही एक समय धर्मके पुत्ररूपसे प्रकट हुए थे

nārāyaṇo hi viśvātmā caturmūrtiḥ sanātanaḥ | dharmātmajaḥ sambabhūva pitā iva me 'bhyabhāṣata ||

بھیشم نے کہا—نارائن ہی وِشوآتْما ہیں؛ وہ چَتُرمُورتی اور سَناتن دیوتا ہیں۔ وہ ایک زمانے میں دھرم کے پُتر کے روپ میں بھی پرकट ہوئے تھے—یہ بات میرے والد نے خود مجھ سے کہی تھی۔

नारायणःNarayana
नारायणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनारायण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
विश्वात्माthe Self of the universe
विश्वात्मा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविश्वात्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चतुर्मूर्तिःfour-formed/fourfold in form
चतुर्मूर्तिः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर्मूर्ति
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सनातनःeternal
सनातनः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसनातन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धर्मात्मजःson of Dharma
धर्मात्मजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्मात्मज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सम्बभूवbecame/was born/appeared
सम्बभूव:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
पिताfather
पिता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इवas/like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
मेof me/my
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
अभ्यभाषतspoke to/addressed
अभ्यभाषत:
TypeVerb
Rootभाष्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
N
Nārāyaṇa
D
Dharma
B
Bhīṣma's father (Śāntanu, implied)

Educational Q&A

Dharma is rooted in the eternal divine principle: Nārāyaṇa is the universal Self and the timeless source from which righteous order and its exemplars arise; recognizing this links ethical life to devotion and metaphysical truth.

Bhīṣma, while instructing in Śānti Parva, cites an authoritative tradition received from his father: he identifies Nārāyaṇa as the cosmic Self, eternal and four-formed, and recalls that this deity manifested as the son of Dharma.