Shloka 37
Indrajit’s Binding, Restoration by Viśalyā, and Counsel Restraining Rāvaṇa (Āraṇyaka Parva 273)
चतुर्युगसहस्रान्ते सलिलेनाप्लुता मही । ततो नारायणाख्यस्तु सहस्राक्ष: सहस्रपात्
caturyugasahasrānte salilenāplutā mahī | tato nārāyaṇākhyastu sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt |
毗摩塞那说道：“当四劫一轮的千次循环行至终尽，大地为洪水所没。于是，那名为那罗延（Nārāyaṇa）者显现——被称作‘千眼’、‘千足’——这正是遍在之主的异象：纵使世界消融，祂仍常住；其宇宙之身，奠定了超越时变的法（Dharma）之秩序。”
भीमसेन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames dharma within cosmic time: even when the world is dissolved at the end of immense cycles, the all-pervading Nārāyaṇa remains the sustaining reality. Ethical order is thus not merely social convention but rooted in a transcendent, enduring principle.
Bhīma recounts a cosmological scene: after a vast period (a thousand four-yuga cycles), the earth is flooded, and Nārāyaṇa is described in grand, universal terms (‘thousand-eyed, thousand-footed’), signaling a theophany-like depiction of the divine presence during dissolution.