Shloka 3
मृत्योर्ब्रह्मणा नियोजनम् — The Commissioning of Mṛtyu by Brahmā
ज्ञातिवत् सर्वभूतानां सर्ववित् सर्ववेदवित् । नाकामो ग्रियते जातु न तेन न च वै द्विज:
vyāsa uvāca | jñātivat sarvabhūtānāṁ sarvavit sarvavedavit | nākāmo mriyate jātu na tena na ca vai dvijaḥ ||
ヴィヤーサは言った。「一切の生きとし生けるものを自らの親族のごとく見て、知るべき真理を知り、すべてのヴェーダの精髄を悟り、欲を離れた者—その人は真に死なない。生と死の束縛から永遠に解き放たれる。ゆえに、そのような人をブラーフマナではないと言うのは誤りであり、むしろ彼こそが真のブラーフマナである。」
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
True brāhmaṇahood is defined by inner qualities—universal kinship and compassion, knowledge of ultimate truth and the Vedas’ essence, and freedom from desire—leading to liberation beyond birth and death.
In the didactic setting of Śānti Parva, Vyāsa states a criterion for who should be regarded as a genuine brāhmaṇa: not merely by birth or label, but by realized knowledge, compassion toward all beings, and desirelessness that culminates in mokṣa.