Shloka 5
Makara-vyūha and Krauñca-prativyūha at Sunrise (मकरव्यूहः क्रौञ्चप्रतिव्यूहश्च)
“भगवान् भूगुने आपको देवताओंका भी देवता कहा है। विष्णो! आपका रूप अत्यन्त पुरातन और उत्तवृष्ट है ।।
bhīṣma uvāca | bhagavān bhṛguṇe āpko devatāoṃ kā bhī devatā kahā hai | viṣṇo! āp kā rūpa atyanta purātana aura uttama-śreṣṭha hai || vāsudevo vasūnāṃ tvaṃ śakraṃ sthāpayitā tathā | deva-devo 'si devānām iti dvaipāyano 'bravīt ||
毗湿摩说道：“婆利古一系的尊圣仙人称你为‘诸神之神’。噢，毗湿奴，你的形相极其古远，至为崇高。你在诸瓦苏之中为婆苏提婆；又是你使释迦（因陀罗）登上天界王权之座。故圣者岛生（德瓦派亚那）宣告：‘你是诸神之神。’”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts Viṣṇu’s supreme status: even the gods depend upon him. By portraying him as the one who legitimizes Indra’s rule in heaven, it frames divine authority and cosmic governance as grounded in a higher, dharmic source.
Bhīṣma offers a stuti (praise) identifying Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa as primordial and unsurpassed, citing revered seers (a Bhṛgu sage and Dvaipāyana/Vyāsa) as witnesses to this doctrine, and highlighting his role in establishing Indra’s sovereignty.