Shloka 3
Adhyāya 70: Sātyaki’s Arrow-Display and the Bhūriśravas Engagement; Twilight Withdrawal
मार्कण्डेयश्व गोविन्दे कथयत्यद्भुतं महत् । सर्वभूतानि भूतात्मा महात्मा पुरुषोत्तम:
mārkaṇḍeyaś ca govinde kathayaty adbhutaṃ mahat | sarvabhūtāni bhūtātmā mahātmā puruṣottamaḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：“而圣者摩尔坎德耶谈及戈文达时，讲述了一段宏大而奇妙的事迹——那至上之人、伟大之魂、万有众生的内在自性，如何包容并维系一切生类。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms Govinda (Kṛṣṇa) as Puruṣottama—the Supreme Person—who is also Bhūtātmā, the indwelling Self of all beings. Ethically, it frames dharma and right action as grounded in recognition of a single divine reality that sustains all life.
Bhīṣma reports that the sage Mārkaṇḍeya narrates a profound, wondrous account concerning Govinda—presenting him as the great-souled cosmic Self who contains and supports all creatures, thereby elevating the discussion from battlefield events to divine cosmology and authority.