Anushasana Parva 157.40
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Anushasana Parva Chapter 157 · Verse 40
Sanskrit Original
तेन विश्वं कृतमेतद्धि राजन् स जीवयत्यात्मनैवात्मयोनिः। ततो देवासुरान् मानवांश्च लोकानृषीश्चापि पितॄन् प्रजाश्चा समासेन विधिवत्प्राणिलोकान् सर्वान् सदा भूतपतिः सिसृक्षुः॥ शुभाशुभं स्थावरं जङ्गमं च विष्वक्सेनात् सर्वमेतत् प्रतीहि। यद वर्तते यच्च भविष्यतीह सर्वं ह्येतत् केशव त्वं प्रतीहि॥ मृत्युश्चैव प्राणिनामन्तकाले साक्षात् कृष्ण: शाश्वतो धर्मवाहः। भूतं च यच्चेह न विद्म किंचिद् विष्वक्सेनात् सर्वमेतत् प्रतीहि॥
Forsooth, O king, it is this Krishna who has created this universe. He has originated from his own self; it is he who causes all things to exist through his own power. He it is who has created the celestials, the Asuras, the human beings, the worlds, the Rishis, the departed manes and all creatures. Desirous of creating, that Lord of all creatures duly created the entire universe of life. Know that good and evil, mobile and immobile, have all originated from this one who is Vishvaksena. Whatever exists, and whatever will come into being, all is Keshava. This Krishna is also the death which overtakes all creatures when their end comes. He is eternal and it is he who upholds the cause of Virtue Whatever existed in the past, and whatever we do not know, indeed, all that also is this Vishvaksena.