Shloka 19
श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः
Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma
अनादिनिधन: श्रीमान् हरिनारायण: प्रभु: । देव: सृजति भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च
anādinidhanaḥ śrīmān harinārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | devaḥ sṛjati bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca
毗湿摩说道：光辉的主宰哈利—那罗延，既无始亦无终，创造一切众生，或不动者，或能动者。在此教诲中，造化被宣示为立基于至上而永恒的主权，促使听者明见：世间的道德秩序，根植于万有生命的神圣源头。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the supreme Lord Hari-Nārāyaṇa is eternal (without beginning or end) and is the creator of all categories of life—immobile and mobile—implying that the world’s order and dharma ultimately rest on a single divine source.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and right understanding after the war; here he frames his discourse theologically by identifying Hari-Nārāyaṇa as the eternal creator of all beings.