Shloka 52
उवाच स्वस्थं किमपि भूतं तत्राशरीरकम् । “हमलोग तपस्यासे थककर अत्यन्त दुर्बल हो गये थे। उस समय हमलोगोंसे किसी शरीररहित स्वस्थ प्राणी (देवता) ने कहा ।। ५१ ई ।। देव उवाच दृष्टा व: पुरुषा: श्वेता: सर्वेन्द्रियविवर्जिता:
deva uvāca | dṛṣṭā vaḥ puruṣāḥ śvetāḥ sarvendriyavivarjitāḥ |
The Deity said: “You have beheld the white-hued persons, bereft of all sense-faculties.” In this passage, a bodiless, serene being addresses the ascetics, interpreting their vision as a sign of extreme austerity and warning that such experiences point toward a state beyond ordinary embodied perception, where sensory life is withdrawn and the seeker must discern the ethical and spiritual meaning rather than cling to marvels.
देव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Extraordinary visions arising in severe austerity should be understood as signs of sensory withdrawal and altered states, not as ends in themselves; the seeker must remain grounded in dharma and discernment rather than becoming attached to supernatural experiences.
A divine, bodiless voice addresses the ascetics and identifies what they have seen—white beings lacking sense-faculties—framing their experience within the spiritual consequences of intense tapas and guiding their interpretation of the event.