Shloka 108
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
एष चैतत् परं ब्रह्म ज्ञेयो विज्ञानचक्षुषा । एवमेतत् पुरा दृष्टं मया वै ज्ञानचक्षुषा
eṣa caitat paraṁ brahma jñeyo vijñānacakṣuṣā | evam etat purā dṛṣṭaṁ mayā vai jñānacakṣuṣā ||
Vyāsa said: “This indeed is the Supreme Brahman, to be known only through the eye of higher discernment. Thus was it seen in ancient times by me as well—through the eye of knowledge.”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Supreme Brahman is realized not through the senses or mere learning, but through vijñāna/jñāna—an inner, discriminative spiritual vision. Ethical steadiness (dharma) is thereby rooted in direct insight into ultimate reality.
Vyāsa, speaking as an authoritative seer, points to Brahman as the highest truth and testifies that he himself has directly ‘seen’ it in former times through the eye of knowledge, reinforcing the credibility of the teaching being conveyed in this section of Śānti Parva.