Shloka 51
अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा
Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin
नास्मासु दधिरे भावं ब्रह्म॒भावमनुषिता: । वहाँ जो स्वस्थ मुनिगण थे, वे भी अनन्य भावसे भगवान्के भजनमें ही मन लगाये रहते थे। उन ब्रह्मभावमें स्थित मुनियोंने हमलोगोंकी ओर ध्यान नहीं दिया || ५० ई ।। ततोअस्मान् सुपरिश्रान्तांस्तपसा चातिकर्शितान्
nāsmāsu dadhire bhāvaṁ brahmabhāvam anuṣitāḥ |
Bhīṣma said: “Those ascetics, established in the contemplative state of Brahman, did not direct their attention toward us. Absorbed with single-minded devotion and inner steadiness, they remained intent on worship and realization rather than on external persons—showing that spiritual absorption can render worldly distinctions and interruptions insignificant.”
भीष्म उवाच