Shloka 89
भूतावासो वासुदेव: सर्वासुनिलयोडनल: । दर्पहा दर्पदो दृप्तो दुर्धरोडथापराजित:
bhūtāvāso vāsudevaḥ sarvāsunilayo 'nalaḥ | darpahā darpado dṛpto durdharo 'thāparājitaḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：“祂是一切众生的居处；祂即婆苏提婆，遍入并笼罩世界的神圣主宰。万类生命皆依祂而立；祂又名‘阿那罗’，具无量威力。祂摧破行于非义之人的傲慢；祂赐予信奉者清净的勇气与振拔；祂恒常沉浸于永乐之中，难以被心所执持，却又为任何他者所不能胜。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises the Lord as the universal refuge and the inner support of all life, while stressing an ethical contrast: pride rooted in unrighteousness is destroyed, whereas devotees receive purified courage and uplift. The divine is both intimate (abode of beings) and transcendent (hard to grasp), and ultimately invincible.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and devotion. Here he continues a litany of divine epithets describing Vāsudeva’s nature—his cosmic pervasion, his role as the support of life, his moral governance (humbling the arrogant), and his unconquerable sovereignty.