Shloka 84
Atithi-satkāra and the Consolation of Wise Counsel (अतिथिसत्कारः प्रज्ञानवचनस्य च पराश्वासनम्)
(अधो न क्षीयते यस्माद् वदन्त्यन्ये ह्धोक्षजम् ।) जिसके अनुग्रहसे जीव अधोगतिमें पड़कर क्षीण नहीं होता, उन भगवान्को दूसरे लोग इसी व्युत्पत्तिके अनुसार 'अधोक्षज' कहते हैं ।।
adho na kṣīyate yasmād vadanty anye hy adhokṣajam | śabda ekapadair eṣa vyāhṛtaḥ paramarṣibhiḥ | nānyo hy adhokṣajo loke ṛte nārāyaṇa-prabhum |
有人依此词源称主为“阿多克沙阇（Adhokṣaja）”：蒙其恩泽，有情纵堕下界亦不至枯竭败亡。诸大圣仙又阐明，此一词当作由若干要素合成之复合语，指示主乃生起、护持与消融三者唯一的根基。因此，除至上主宰那罗延那（Nārāyaṇa）之外，世间无人真正配得“阿多克沙阇”之名。
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Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the epithet “Adhokṣaja” properly belongs only to Nārāyaṇa, who alone is the ultimate basis of origination, preservation, and dissolution, and whose grace prevents the soul from being ruined even when it falls into lower conditions.
Within the Śānti Parva’s didactic discourse, the speaker cites the understanding of great seers to define the divine name “Adhokṣaja,” arguing through traditional etymological interpretation that no worldly being can claim this title apart from Lord Nārāyaṇa.