Shloka 26
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
तस्य मे तप्ततपसो निगृहीतेन्द्रियस्थ च । नारायणप्रसादेन क्षीरोदस्यानुकूलत:
tasya me taptatapaso nigṛhītendriyastha ca | nārāyaṇaprasādena kṣīrodasyānukūlataḥ ||
「われが諸根を制して苦行を成就したとき、ナーラーヤナの恩寵と乳海の温き加護とにより、望みのままに三時（過去・現在・未来）の知を得た。ゆえに汝らの疑いを除くため、最も善く正理にかなうことを語ろう。心を一つにして聴け。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
True insight is presented as arising from disciplined austerity and restraint of the senses, but it is ultimately perfected by divine grace (Nārāyaṇa-prasāda). Such knowledge should then be used ethically—to resolve doubts and articulate what is just (nyāyocita).
Vaiśampāyana explains the authority behind his forthcoming instruction: after completing tapas and mastering self-control, he received—through Nārāyaṇa’s favor and the auspicious setting of the Ocean of Milk—knowledge of the three times. He now promises to answer the listeners’ doubts with a proper, justice-aligned teaching.