Shloka 47
Brahmacarya-Upāya: Jñāna, Śauca, and the Mind’s Role in Desire (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय २०७)
(तप: स्वरूपो महादेव: कृष्णो देवकिनन्दन: । तस्य प्रसादाद् दुःखस्य नाशं प्राप्स्यसि मानद ।।
tapaḥ-svarūpo mahādevaḥ kṛṣṇo devakīnandanaḥ | tasya prasādād duḥkhasya nāśaṃ prāpsyasi mānada || ekaḥ kartā sa kṛṣṇaś ca jñānināṃ paramā gatiḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：“噢，敬重众人的大王！天后德瓦姬之子圣克里希那——他本身即是苦行之体、至上之主——将以其恩德摧灭你的忧苦。唯他是真正的行作者；而那克里希那，乃智者所趋的最高归宿。（毗湿摩又以传闻之教来铺陈：追忆那罗陀昔日赞颂主宰，并受教当趋近那些清净、无我、恒常得见主的圣贤而问之；由此劝谕由提希提罗当归依克里希那，视其为万因之因与解脱者。）”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that Kṛṣṇa is not merely a helper but the supreme reality: the very embodiment of tapas, the sole true agent, and the highest destination of the wise. Relief from suffering is presented as arising primarily through divine grace (prasāda) obtained by taking refuge in Him.
In the immediate verse, Bhishma addresses Yudhiṣṭhira, assuring him that Kṛṣṇa’s grace will end his sorrow and declaring Kṛṣṇa the supreme goal. In the surrounding passage, Bhishma supports this claim by recalling a tradition involving Nārada’s encounter with the Lord and the instruction to seek the company of pure sages—culminating in an exhortation to approach and rely upon Kṛṣṇa.