Shloka 17
Sanatsujāta on the Imperceptible Eternal Light (यत्तच्छुक्रं महज्ज्योतिः)
उभौ लोकौ विद्यया व्याप्य याति तदा हुतं चाहुतमग्निहोत्रम् । मा ते ब्राह्मी लघुतामादधीत प्रज्ञानं स्यान्नाम धीरा लभन्ते | योगिनस्तं प्रपश्यन्ति भगवन्तं सनातनम्
ubhāv lokau vidyayā vyāpya yāti tadā hutaṃ cāhutam agnihotram | mā te brāhmī laghutām ādadhīta prajñānaṃ syān nāma dhīrā labhante || yoginas taṃ prapaśyanti bhagavantaṃ sanātanam |
Sanatsujāta spricht: „Durch Erkenntnis durchdringt und erreicht man beide Welten. Dann gelten selbst die dargebrachten und nicht dargebrachten Opfer—wie das Agnihotra—als erfüllt. O König, möge dir diese brahmanische Weisheit nicht zu etwas Geringem werden; durch sie erlange jene wahre Einsicht, die nur die Standhaften gewinnen. Durch eben dieses Brahman‑Wissen schauen die Yogins den seligen, ewigen Herrn.“
सनत्सुजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
True knowledge (brahmavidyā) is presented as spiritually completing what ritual action seeks: when one realizes and pervades both ‘worlds’ through wisdom, even unperformed rites like Agnihotra are considered fulfilled, because the aim—inner purification and realization of the Supreme—is attained. Therefore the king is urged not to trivialize this knowledge, for only the steadfast gain such insight, by which yogins directly behold the eternal Lord.
In the Udyoga Parva’s Sanatsujātīya dialogue, the sage Sanatsujāta instructs the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) on the supremacy of liberating knowledge over mere ritual performance. He emphasizes reverence for Brahma-knowledge and points to yogic direct perception of the eternal Bhagavān as its culmination.