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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

Bhīṣma nói: Đấng Chủ Tể vinh hiển Hari–Nārāyaṇa—không khởi đầu, không cùng tận—sáng tạo mọi loài, cả bất động lẫn hữu động. Trong lời dạy này, sự sáng tạo được trình bày như đặt nền trên quyền uy tối thượng và vĩnh cửu, mời người nghe thấy rằng trật tự đạo lý của thế gian bắt rễ từ nguồn thiêng liêng của mọi sự sống.

अनादिनिधनःbeginningless and endless
अनादिनिधनः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअनादिनिधन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
श्रीमान्glorious; possessing prosperity
श्रीमान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रीमत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हरिनारायणःHari and Nārāyaṇa (the Lord)
हरिनारायणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहरिनारायण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रभुःthe Lord; master
प्रभुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
देवःthe god; the divine one
देवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सृजतिcreates; produces
सृजति:
TypeVerb
Rootसृज्
FormPresent (Lat), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
भूतानिbeings; creatures
भूतानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
स्थावराणिimmobile (ones)
स्थावराणि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootस्थावर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
चराणिmobile (ones)
चराणि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootचर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
H
Hari
N
Nārāyaṇa

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.