Shloka 62
Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon
एकान्तिनो हि पुरुषा दुर्लभा बहवो नृप । यद्येकान्तिभिराकीर्ण जगत् स्यात् कुरुनन्दन
ekāntino hi puruṣā durlabhā bahavo nṛpa | yady ekāntibhir ākīrṇaṁ jagat syāt kurunandana ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「王よ、一点に心を定めて帰依する者はまことに得難い。多くはない。クル族の歓喜よ、もし世がそのような一途の魂で満ちるなら、大地はことごとく真実の時代—クリタ（サティヤ）・ユガ—の気風に覆われよう。欲望に駆られ報いを求める祭式は居場所を失い、すべての者が衆生の福利に励み、自己を知り、アヒンサーに住し、主への専一の信に立つであろう。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Single-minded, exclusive devotion and ethical purity are rare; if such people were widespread—self-knowing, non-violent, and devoted to the welfare of all—society would naturally resemble Satya-yuga, and desire-motivated ritual action would lose its hold.
In the didactic setting of Śānti Parva, Vaiśampāyana addresses a Kuru king, reflecting on the scarcity of truly one-pointed devotees and imagining the moral transformation of the world if such persons were numerous.