🪷 Mahābhārata · Śānti-Parva · Chapter 342
The Book of Peace · the great dharma-śāstra · Parva 12 · 16 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 · 16 Shlokas
MBh 12.342.1
ब्राह्मण उवाच
समुत्पन्नाभिधानोऽस्मि वाङ्माधुर्येण तेऽनघ
मित्रतामभिपन्नस्त्वां किंचिद्वक्ष्यामि तच्छृणु
MBh 12.342.2
गृहस्थधर्मं विप्रेन्द्र कृत्वा पुत्रगतं त्वहम्
धर्मं परमकं कुर्यां को हि मार्गो भवेद्द्विज
MBh 12.342.3
अहमात्मानमात्मस्थमेक एवात्मनि स्थितः
कर्तुं काङ्क्षामि नेच्छामि बद्धः साधारणैर्गुणैः
MBh 12.342.4
यावदेवानतीतं मे वयः पुत्रफलाश्रितम्
तावदिच्छामि पाथेयमादातुं पारलौकिकम्
MBh 12.342.5
अस्मिन्हि लोकसंताने परं पारमभीप्सतः
उत्पन्ना मे मतिरियं कुतो धर्ममयः प्लवः
MBh 12.342.6
समुह्यमानानि निशम्य लोके; निर्यात्यमानानि च सात्त्विकानि
दृष्ट्वा च धर्मध्वजकेतुमालां; प्रकीर्यमाणामुपरि प्रजानाम्
MBh 12.342.7
न मे मनो रज्यति भोगकाले; दृष्ट्वा यतीन्प्रार्थयतः परत्र
तेनातिथे बुद्धिबलाश्रयेण; धर्मार्थतत्त्वे विनियुङ्क्ष्व मां त्वम्
MBh 12.342.8
भीष्म उवाच
सोऽतिथिर्वचनं तस्य श्रुत्वा धर्माभिलाषिणः
प्रोवाच वचनं श्लक्ष्णं प्राज्ञो मधुरया गिरा
MBh 12.342.9
अहमप्यत्र मुह्यामि ममाप्येष मनोरथः
न च संनिश्चयं यामि बहुद्वारे त्रिविष्टपे
MBh 12.342.10
केचिन्मोक्षं प्रशंसन्ति केचिद्यज्ञफलं द्विजाः
वानप्रस्थाश्रमं केचिद्गार्हस्थ्यं केचिदाश्रिताः
MBh 12.342.11
राजधर्माश्रयं केचित्केचिदात्मफलाश्रयम्
गुरुचर्याश्रयं केचित्केचिद्वाक्यं यमाश्रयम्
MBh 12.342.12
मातरं पितरं केचिच्छुश्रूषन्तो दिवं गताः
अहिंसया परे स्वर्गं सत्येन च तथा परे
MBh 12.342.13
आहवेऽभिमुखाः केचिन्निहताः स्विद्दिवं गताः
केचिदुञ्छव्रतैः सिद्धाः स्वर्गमार्गसमाश्रिताः
MBh 12.342.14
केचिदध्ययने युक्ता वेदव्रतपराः शुभाः
बुद्धिमन्तो गताः स्वर्गं तुष्टात्मानो जितेन्द्रियाः
MBh 12.342.15
आर्जवेनापरे युक्ता निहतानार्जवैर्जनैः
ऋजवो नाकपृष्ठे वै शुद्धात्मानः प्रतिष्ठिताः
MBh 12.342.16
एवं बहुविधैर्लोके धर्मद्वारैरनावृतैः
ममापि मतिराविग्ना मेघलेखेव वायुना
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MBh 12.342local 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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