Shloka 62

श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः

Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma

Devanagari script

तुरीयांशेन तस्येमं विद्धि केशवमच्युतम्‌ । तुरीयार्थेन लोकांस्त्रीन्‌ भावयत्येव बुद्धिमान्‌

Transliteration

turīyāṁśena tasyemaṁ viddhi keśavam acyutam | turīyārthena lokāṁs trīn bhāvayaty eva buddhimān ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：当知此克沙瓦、无失的阿周陀，具足那至上那罗延的四分之一。凭此一分，智者之主维系并显化三界，而其本有威德从不减失。

Word by Word

• तुरीयांशेन: by (his) fourth part
• तुरीयांशेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुरीयांश
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विद्धि: know (you)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• केशवम्: Keshava (Krishna)
• केशवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अच्युतम्: the infallible (Acyuta)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अच्युत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तुरीयार्थेन: by the fourth portion/meaning
• तुरीयार्थेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुरीयार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• लोकान्: worlds
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• त्रीन्: three
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भावयति: brings into being / sustains
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• बुद्धिमान्: the wise one
• बुद्धिमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुद्धिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Keshava (Krishna)
• Achyuta
• Narayana
• three worlds (trailokya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms Krishna’s supreme divinity: he is identified as an aspect of Narayana, possessing a ‘quarter-portion’ through which the entire threefold cosmos is manifested and sustained, while his essential glory remains unchanged and undiminished.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Shanti Parva’s instruction to Yudhishthira, Bhishma continues theological teaching, praising Krishna as Achyuta and explaining his cosmic status—linking him to Narayana and describing his power to uphold the three worlds.