Shloka 11
Brahmacarya-Upāya: Jñāna, Śauca, and the Mind’s Role in Desire (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय २०७)
आश्रयं सर्वभूतानां मनसेतीह शुश्रुम । उसमें शयन करते हुए सर्वतेजोमय पुरुषोत्तम श्रीकृष्णने मनसे ही सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंके अग्रज तथा आश्रय संकर्षणको उत्पन्न किया, यह हमने सुना है ।।
āśrayaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ manasetiha śuśruma | tasmin śayānaḥ sarvatejomayaḥ puruṣottamaḥ śrīkṛṣṇo manasaiva samasta-prāṇinām agrajaṃ tathāśrayaṃ saṅkarṣaṇaṃ sasarja iti naḥ śrutam || sa dhārayati bhūtāni ubhe bhūta-bhaviṣyatī | tasya mahābāho mahātmanaḥ saṅkarṣaṇasya prādurbhāve śrīharer nābhitaḥ divyaṃ padmaṃ prādurabhūt sūryavat prakāśamānam ||
毗湿摩说道：“我们在此听闻：心（意，manas）本身乃一切众生之所依。至上之人、光辉圆满的圣克里希纳在瑜伽安卧之际，仅以意念便化生了桑迦尔沙那——一切有情的长兄与依怙；此乃我们所闻。桑迦尔沙那荷载众生，亦为过去与未来之基。待那位臂力雄伟、心性宏大的桑迦尔沙那显现之后，圣哈利的脐中涌现一朵天界莲华，灿然如日。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage presents a theological-cosmological idea: the Supreme Person (Śrī Kṛṣṇa/Śrī Hari) manifests cosmic supports through will or mind, and Saṅkarṣaṇa is described as the sustaining foundation of beings across time (past and future). Ethically, it frames the universe as upheld by an ordered, purposeful divine support, encouraging trust in a sustaining principle behind existence.
Bhīṣma recounts a traditional account: while Śrī Kṛṣṇa rests in cosmic/yogic repose, he produces Saṅkarṣaṇa by thought; then, following Saṅkarṣaṇa’s manifestation, a radiant lotus appears from Hari’s navel—an image commonly used to signal further stages of cosmic unfolding.