The all-merciful Supreme Lord!

Bhisma said to Sri Krsna: Dear Lord, what I can say when He who is the origin of the Vedas is personally present before me? Besides due to severe pain caused by the wounds inflicted by arrows, my mind has become unsteady & my limbs are so weak that my life seems about to depart. Since my understanding has become clouded & my voice is indistinct, I request You to answer Yudhisthira’s questions. How could I dare speak in Your presence? To do so would be a foolish disciple impudently speaking in the presence of his spiritual master


In response Sri Krsna awarded a benediction: Dear Bhisma, henceforth you will no longer feel the effects of pain, hunger, thirst or fatigue. Your memory will be unclouded & your understanding of everything will be perfectly clear, for your mind will remain fixed in the pure stage known as Sudhha-Satva, beyond any tinge of material influence. As your pure consciousness shines forth, like the moon after emerging behind dense clouds, your spiritual vision, the eye of knowledge, will effortlessly reveal to you all subjects

 

Upon hearing this, all the sages joyfully proclaimed Bhisma’s good fortune while at the same time worshipped Sri Krsna from the core of their hearts. As the sun was setting, all retired for the night & returned next morning

 

As Maharaja Yudhisthira fearfully approached Bhisma, Narada Muni said: Dear King, you should now express all your grave doubts so that they can be dispelled by this great authority

 

Yudhisthira was too shy to speak to Bhisma & so he said to Krsna: Dear Lord, Your alone are competent to address the son of Ganga & so I request You to do so on my behalf

 

Sri Krsna approached Bhisma & enquired about his wellbeing. The son of Santanu replied: Dear Lord by your grace all my fatigue, pain & mental agitation have subsided. In pure consciousness I can now behold full knowledge of past, present & future, as clearly as one can examine a piece of fruit while holding it in his hand. This is the result of Your merciful benediction upon me

 

Sri Krsna said: Dear Bhisma, it is a fact that, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I am the origin of all branches of knowledge. Still, just to enhance your good reputation I want you to speak to Yudhisthira, I know that as long as the earth continues to exist, these conversations will perpetuate your fame

 

Being thus encouraged by Sri Krsna, Bhisma requested Yudhisthira to begin putting forward his questions. Sri Krsna then said: My dear Bhisma, Yudhisthira hesitates to approach you because he is too ashamed of having pierced with his arrows those that were worthy of his worship. For this reason, he is afraid of being cursed by you

 

Bhisma said: Dear Yudhisthira, it is the sacred duty of a Kshatriya to give up his life while engaged in battle. The fact is a Kshatriya may even have to fight against his relatives, or even his guru, when they oppose the path of righteousness. So don’t be ashamed & ask questions

 

sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi sanniviṣṭo mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanaṁ ca
vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyo vedānta-kṛd veda-vid eva cāham

 

Krsna says: I am seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. By all the Vedas, I am to be known. Indeed, I am the compiler of Vedānta, and I am the knower of the Vedas.

 

The Supreme Lord is situated as Paramātmā in everyone’s heart, and it is from Him that all activities are initiated. The living entity forgets everything of his past life, but he has to act according to the direction of the Supreme Lord, who is witness to all his work. Therefore, he begins his work according to his past deeds. Required knowledge is supplied to him, and remembrance is given to him, and he forgets, also, about his past life. Thus, God is all-good; God is all-merciful

 

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