Shloka 60
अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा
Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin
अनादिनिधनोड्व्यक्तो देवदानवपूजित: । “भगवान् नारायण सबसे महान् देवता हैं। वे ही संसारके स्रष्टा और हव्य-कव्यके भोक्ता हैं। उनका आदि और अन्त नहीं है। उन अव्यक्त परमेश्वरकी देवता और दानव भी पूजा करते हैं! ।।
anādinidhano 'vyakto devadānavapūjitaḥ |
诸天说道：“那罗延（Nārāyaṇa）——至福的世尊——乃诸神之中最为伟大者。祂是世界的创造者，也是诸神之供献（havis）与祖灵之供献（kavya）的享受者。祂无始无终。即便诸天与达那婆（Dānava）也都礼敬那位不显现的至上主。”
देव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts Nārāyaṇa’s supremacy: he is eternal (without beginning or end), the unmanifest ground of reality, the creator of the cosmos, and the rightful receiver of both divine and ancestral offerings—so even opposing cosmic factions (devas and dānavas) acknowledge him through worship.
A deva proclaims Nārāyaṇa’s unmatched status and universal worship, framing him as the ultimate object of ritual and devotion and establishing theological authority within the Shānti Parva’s reflective, dharma-oriented discourse.