🪷 Mahābhārata · Śānti-Parva · Chapter 339
The Book of Peace · the great dharma-śāstra · Parva 12 · 21 unique Sanskrit addresses · pinned Critical Edition-derived witness
🪷 This verse is one maṇi on Krishna's non-dual thread (BG 7.7 · sūtre maṇi-gaṇā iva)
MBh Śānti-Parva 320-352 · the Nārāyaṇīyam: Vyāsa's second supreme declaration · Krishna, Nārāyaṇa, Viṣṇu, Vāsudeva are ONE Paramātmā · the textual cousin of the Bhagavad-Gītā.
The substrate carries the other 9 pramāṇa-maṇis from Vālmīki, Vyāsa, and Krishna's own mouth — each declaring the same Rāma-Krishna-Nārāyaṇa-Viṣṇu non-dual singularity. Krishna is the thread; every verse below is a maṇi on the same sūtra.
- BG 7.7 · sūtre maṇi-gaṇā iva · Krishna names His own posture · "all this is strung on Me as jewels on a thread" · the verse that names this very necklace
- BG 10.8 · Ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ · Krishna declares Himself the source from which all proceeds · the central declaration of /philosophy
- BG 10.31 · rāmaḥ śastra-bhṛtām aham · Krishna says by His own mouth · "among weapon-bearers I am Rāma" · the BG itself records the non-dual singularity
- BG 4.7-8 · yadā yadā hi dharmasya · The avatāra-promise · "whenever dharma declines, I take birth" · the One who descends as Rāma in Tretā is the same One speaking now as Krishna
- BG 18.66 · the Carama-Śloka · Krishna's final teaching · "abandon all dharmas, take refuge in Me alone" · the surrender-pole sealing the necklace
- Vālmīki Yuddha-Kāṇḍa 6.93.65 · "kṛṣṇa-pakṣa-caturdaśīm" · Mālyavān's pre-war counsel to Rāvaṇa names the dark-fortnight 14th day · the word "Krishna" is operational in Tretā itself · the name pre-exists Krishna-as-person · woven into the eternal lunar pakṣa-substrate
- Vālmīki Yuddha-Kāṇḍa 6.120.16 · the Brahma-Stuti · Brahmā addresses Rāma after Rāvaṇa-vadha · names Him as Viṣṇu AND Krishna by name · the Ādi-Kavi's own declaration of the non-dual
- Vālmīki Yuddha-Kāṇḍa 6.120.29 · the avatāra-rahasya · Brahmā: "Sītā IS Lakṣmī · YOU ARE Viṣṇu · YOU ARE the deva Krishna · You entered human form to slay Rāvaṇa"
- MBh Vana-Parva 258-275 · the Rāmopākhyāna · Vyāsa includes Rāma's complete story (704 verses) inside Krishna's epic · Mārkaṇḍeya narrates to Yudhiṣṭhira · the One there is the One here
See also: /rama (the constitutional non-dual declaration) ·
/philosophy (the theological foundation) ·
/mahabharata ·
/valmiki-ramayana.
The Devanāgarī Yathārtha · 21 Shlokas
MBh 12.339.1
ब्रह्मोवाच
शृणु पुत्र यथा ह्येष पुरुषः शाश्वतोऽव्ययः
अक्षयश्चाप्रमेयश्च सर्वगश्च निरुच्यते
MBh 12.339.2
न स शक्यस्त्वया द्रष्टुं मयान्यैर्वापि सत्तम
सगुणो निर्गुणो विश्वो ज्ञानदृश्यो ह्यसौ स्मृतः
MBh 12.339.3
अशरीरः शरीरेषु सर्वेषु निवसत्यसौ
वसन्नपि शरीरेषु न स लिप्यति कर्मभिः
MBh 12.339.4
ममान्तरात्मा तव च ये चान्ये देहसंज्ञिताः
सर्वेषां साक्षिभूतोऽसौ न ग्राह्यः केनचित्क्वचित्
MBh 12.339.5
विश्वमूर्धा विश्वभुजो विश्वपादाक्षिनासिकः
एकश्चरति क्षेत्रेषु स्वैरचारी यथासुखम्
MBh 12.339.6
क्षेत्राणि हि शरीराणि बीजानि च शुभाशुभे
तानि वेत्ति स योगात्मा ततः क्षेत्रज्ञ उच्यते
MBh 12.339.7
नागतिर्न गतिस्तस्य ज्ञेया भूतेन केनचित्
सांख्येन विधिना चैव योगेन च यथाक्रमम्
MBh 12.339.8
चिन्तयामि गतिं चास्य न गतिं वेद्मि चोत्तमाम्
यथाज्ञानं तु वक्ष्यामि पुरुषं तं सनातनम्
MBh 12.339.9
तस्यैकत्वं महत्त्वं हि स चैकः पुरुषः स्मृतः
महापुरुषशब्दं स बिभर्त्येकः सनातनः
MBh 12.339.10
एको हुताशो बहुधा समिध्यते; एकः सूर्यस्तपसां योनिरेका
एको वायुर्बहुधा वाति लोके; महोदधिश्चाम्भसां योनिरेकः
पुरुषश्चैको निर्गुणो विश्वरूप;स्तं निर्गुणं पुरुषं चाविशन्ति
MBh 12.339.11
हित्वा गुणमयं सर्वं कर्म हित्वा शुभाशुभम्
उभे सत्यानृते त्यक्त्वा एवं भवति निर्गुणः
MBh 12.339.12
अचिन्त्यं चापि तं ज्ञात्वा भावसूक्ष्मं चतुष्टयम्
विचरेद्यो यतिर्यत्तः स गच्छेत्पुरुषं प्रभुम्
MBh 12.339.13
एवं हि परमात्मानं केचिदिच्छन्ति पण्डिताः
एकात्मानं तथात्मानमपरेऽध्यात्मचिन्तकाः
MBh 12.339.14
तत्र यः परमात्मा हि स नित्यं निर्गुणः स्मृतः
स हि नारायणो ज्ञेयः सर्वात्मा पुरुषो हि सः
न लिप्यते फलैश्चापि पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा
MBh 12.339.15
कर्मात्मा त्वपरो योऽसौ मोक्षबन्धैः स युज्यते
ससप्तदशकेनापि राशिना युज्यते हि सः
एवं बहुविधः प्रोक्तः पुरुषस्ते यथाक्रमम्
MBh 12.339.16
यत्तत्कृत्स्नं लोकतन्त्रस्य धाम; वेद्यं परं बोधनीयं सबोद्धृ
मन्ता मन्तव्यं प्राशिता प्राशितव्यं; घ्राता घ्रेयं स्पर्शिता स्पर्शनीयम्
MBh 12.339.17
द्रष्टा द्रष्टव्यं श्राविता श्रावणीयं; ज्ञाता ज्ञेयं सगुणं निर्गुणं च
यद्वै प्रोक्तं गुणसाम्यं प्रधानं; नित्यं चैतच्छाश्वतं चाव्ययं च
MBh 12.339.18
यद्वै सूते धातुराद्यं निधानं; तद्वै विप्राः प्रवदन्तेऽनिरुद्धम्
यद्वै लोके वैदिकं कर्म साधु; आशीर्युक्तं तद्धि तस्योपभोज्यम्
MBh 12.339.19
देवाः सर्वे मुनयः साधु दान्ता;स्तं प्राग्यज्ञैर्यज्ञभागं यजन्ते
अहं ब्रह्मा आद्य ईशः प्रजानां; तस्माज्जातस्त्वं च मत्तः प्रसूतः
मत्तो जगज्जङ्गमं स्थावरं च; सर्वे वेदाः सरहस्या हि पुत्र
MBh 12.339.20
चतुर्विभक्तः पुरुषः स क्रीडति यथेच्छति
एवं स एव भगवाञ्ज्ञानेन प्रतिबोधितः
MBh 12.339.21
एतत्ते कथितं पुत्र यथावदनुपृच्छतः
सांख्यज्ञाने तथा योगे यथावदनुवर्णितम्
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MBh 12.339local chapter route · Śānti-ParvaŚānti-Parvaparent Parva chapter index/mahabharata18-parva Sanskrit reading index with edition and address notesBhīṣma-ParvaMahābhārata Parva 6 · the Gītā lives in chapters 23-40MBh 6.23Bhagavad-Gītā chapter 1 in its Itihāsa homeMBh 6.40Bhagavad-Gītā chapter 18 in its Itihāsa homeRāmopākhyānaVana-Parva 258 · Vyāsa narrates the Rāma-kathā inside Krishna's epicNārāyaṇīyamŚānti-Parva 335 · Nārāyaṇa/Krishna/Viṣṇu/Vāsudeva unity witness/bhagavad-gitadeep Gītā corpus with translations, commentaries, and verse-level anchorsBG 1.1Dharma-kṣetra opening cross-anchored to MBh 6.23.1BG 18.66Carama-Śloka surrender seal inside the Bhīṣma-Parva arcVyāsa vibhūtiBG 10.37 · Krishna names Vyāsa among munisBG 10.37Vyāsa and Dhanañjaya as Krishna-vibhūti source routeŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattvaŚB 1.3.28kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam · Vyāsa corpus source seal/binduDiamond of Darśanas · Itihāsa as one Bindu aperture/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation
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