Shloka 15
Dharma-Pramāṇa-Vicāra: The Elusiveness of Dharma and the Limits of Rule-Lists
विदित्वा सप्त सूक्ष्माणि षडड़ं च महेश्वरम् । प्रधानविनियोगज्ञ: परं ब्रह्मानुपश्यति
viditvā sapta sūkṣmāṇi ṣaḍ-aṅgaṁ ca maheśvaram | pradhāna-viniyoga-jñaḥ paraṁ brahmānupaśyati ||
Vyāsa dit : « Celui qui comprend véritablement les sept principes subtils, qui connaît aussi Maheśvara pourvu des six puissances, et qui sait discerner comment le Pradhāna (la Nature primordiale) se déploie en manifestation—reconnaissant que le monde entier n’est qu’une transformation de la Prakṛti faite des trois guṇa—parvient à la réalisation directe du Brahman suprême, le Soi le plus élevé. »
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation arises from discriminative knowledge: understanding the subtle constituents of experience (often counted as the five tanmātras along with mind and intellect), recognizing the world as a transformation of three-guṇa Prakṛti, and knowing the Lord (Maheśvara) as the governing principle; such insight culminates in direct realization of the Supreme Brahman.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Vyāsa continues a philosophical exposition: he describes the kind of knower—versed in subtle tattvas and in the operation of primordial Nature—who transcends mere theory and attains experiential vision of the highest reality, Brahman.