Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
गुह्याय ज्ञानदृश्याय अक्षराय क्षराय च । एष देव: संचरति सर्वत्रगतिरव्यय:
guhyāya jñānadṛśyāya akṣarāya kṣarāya ca | eṣa devaḥ sañcarati sarvatragatir avyayaḥ ||
ヴィヤーサは言った。「真の本性が秘され、知の眼によってのみ見られ、しかも不滅(アクシャラ)と可滅(クシャラ)の両相であるその主に、礼拝せよ。この朽ちぬナーラーヤナは遍く巡り、その行路と到達はあらゆる場所に及ぶ。」
व्यास उवाच
The verse teaches reverence for Nārāyaṇa as the all-pervading reality who is grasped not by ordinary sight but by jñāna (inner knowledge), and who encompasses both the imperishable (akṣara) and the perishable (kṣara) aspects of existence.
In the didactic setting of Śānti Parva, Vyāsa delivers a devotional-metaphysical statement, directing the listener to offer salutations to Hari/Nārāyaṇa and describing Him as hidden in essence yet universally present and active everywhere.