Shloka 523
अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा
Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin
दृष्टो भवति देवेश एभिरवदष्टेर्विजोत्तमै: । देवता बोले--मुनिवरो! तुमलोगोंने श्वेतद्वीपनिवासी श्वेतकाय इन्द्रियरहित पुरुषोंका दर्शन किया। इन श्रेष्ठ द्विजोंके दर्शन होनेसे साक्षात् देवेश्वर भगवानका ही दर्शन हो जाता है
dṛṣṭo bhavati deveśa ebhir avadaṣṭair dvijottamaiḥ | deva uvāca—munivara! yūyaṁ śvetadvīpanivāsinaḥ śvetakāyān indriyarahitān puruṣān darśayitvā dṛṣṭavantaḥ | eteṣāṁ śreṣṭhadvijānāṁ darśanena sākṣād deveśvara-bhagavata eva darśanaṁ bhavati |
Die Gottheit sprach: „O Bester der Weisen! Durch den Anblick dieser erhabensten Brahmanen ist es, als sähe man den Herrn der Götter unmittelbar. Ihr habt die weißleibigen, die Sinne übersteigenden Wesen geschaut, die in Śvetadvīpa wohnen; und wer solche erhabenen Zweimalgeborenen erblickt, erlangt die Schau des höchsten Herrn selbst.“
देव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the vision (darśana) of truly purified, exalted spiritual beings—those who have transcended ordinary sense-life—functions as a direct encounter with the Supreme Lord. Reverence to such realized persons is presented as a valid and powerful means of approaching God.
A deity addresses a sage, affirming that the sage and companions have beheld the extraordinary inhabitants of Śvetadvīpa—white-bodied, sense-transcending persons. The deity declares that seeing these foremost ‘twice-born’ ones is tantamount to seeing the Lord of gods Himself.