Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 72
वेधा: स्वाड्रोडजित: कृष्णो दृढ: सड्कर्षणो<च्युत: । वरुणो वारुणो वृक्ष: पुष्कराक्षो महामना:
vedhāḥ svāḍro 'jitaḥ kṛṣṇo dṛḍhaḥ saṅkarṣaṇo 'cyutaḥ | varuṇo vāruṇo vṛkṣaḥ puṣkarākṣo mahāmanāḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：“祂是韦陀（Vedhā），万事之制定者；是自足者（Svāḍra），成办诸业不假外助；是不败者（Ajita），无人能胜；是黑天（Kṛṣṇa），色如深云之主；是坚固者（Dṛḍha），体性与威力皆不可动摇；是摄聚者（Saṅkarṣaṇa），于劫尽之时收摄一切众生；亦是不坠者（Acyuta），永不失其本位。祂是伐楼那（Varuṇa），水界之主；是伐楼那之裔（Vāruṇa）；是圣树（Vṛkṣa）；是莲目者（Puṣkarākṣa）；是大意志者（Mahāmanā），以广大主宰之愿行诸化业。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches contemplative devotion through divine epithets: the Supreme is portrayed as unconquerable, unwavering, and infallible, governing creation and dissolution while sustaining cosmic order. Remembering these names frames ethical life as alignment with a stable, righteous cosmic principle (ṛta/dharma).
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and praises the Supreme through a sequence of names and attributes. This verse continues that litany, identifying the Lord with cosmic functions (ordination, dissolution), divine guardianship (Varuṇa), and auspicious iconography (lotus eyes, sacred tree).