Shloka 30
अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा
Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin
एकान्तिनस्ते पुरुषा: श्वेतद्वीपनिवासिन: । गच्छध्वं तत्र मुनयस्तत्रात्मा मे प्रकाशित:,“मुनियो! वे श्वेतद्वीपके निवासी मेरे एकान्त भक्त हैं, तुम वहीं जाओ। वहाँ मेरे स्वरूपका प्रत्यक्ष दर्शन होता है”
ekāntinas te puruṣāḥ śvetadvīpanivāsinaḥ | gacchadhvaṃ tatra munayas tatrātmā me prakāśitaḥ ||
Bhishma berkata: “Wahai para resi, orang-orang yang tinggal di Śvetadvīpa adalah para bhakta yang berbakti dengan satu tekad. Pergilah ke sana; sebab di sanalah Diri-Ku sendiri termanifestasi—di sanalah hakikat wujud-Ku dapat disaksikan secara langsung.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Single-minded devotion (ekānta-bhakti) is presented as a direct means to encounter the manifest presence of the Divine; the verse elevates exclusive, unwavering devotion as a path to immediate spiritual realization (darśana) rather than merely conceptual knowledge.
Bhīṣma addresses sages and points them toward Śvetadvīpa, describing its residents as exclusive devotees and indicating that in that realm his true Self is directly revealed—implying a sacred locus where the Divine is experienced in a manifest form.