Shloka 37
Devaśarmā–Vipula Dialogue on Ahorātra–Ṛtu as Moral Witnesses (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४३)
अपि विश्वकृता तात येन सृष्टमिदं जगत् । पुनरन्तर्हित: शक्रो दृश्यते ज्ञानचक्षुषा
api viśvakṛtā tāta yena sṛṣṭam idaṁ jagat | punar antarhitaḥ śakro dṛśyate jñānacakṣuṣā ||
قال بهيشما: «يا بُنيّ، حتى للخالق الذي به خُلق هذا العالم كله، فإن إندرا—بعد أن يجعل نفسه خفيًّا—لا يُرى إلا بعين المعرفة.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
That certain realities—especially divine or subtle ones—are not accessible to ordinary sensory perception; they are apprehended through jñāna (inner knowledge/insight). The verse contrasts external seeing with ‘jñānacakṣus’, implying an ethical-spiritual discipline of discernment.
Bhīṣma is explaining to his listener that Indra (Śakra), when he becomes antarhita (invisible), cannot be detected by normal means; he is perceived only through the ‘eye of knowledge’. The statement underscores Indra’s power of concealment and the limits of ordinary grasp.