Shloka 2
Dharma-Pramāṇa-Vicāra: The Elusiveness of Dharma and the Limits of Rule-Lists
यथा मरीच्य: सहिताश्षरन्ति सर्वत्र तिष्ठन्ति च दृश्यमाना: । देहैविमुक्तानि चरन्ति लोकां- स्तथैव सत्त्वान्यतिमानुषाणि
yathā marīcyaḥ sahitāḥ śaranti sarvatra tiṣṭhanti ca dṛśyamānāḥ | dehair vimuktāni caranti lokāṁs tathaiva sattvāny atimānuṣāṇi ||
ವ್ಯಾಸರು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಸೂರ್ಯಕಿರಣಗಳು ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಸಂಯುಕ್ತವಾಗಿಯೇ ಹರಿದು, ಎಲ್ಲೆಡೆ ನಿಂತಿರುವಂತೆ ಕಾಣುವದಂತೆ, ದೇಹದಿಂದ ವಿಮುಕ್ತವಾದ ಅತಿಮಾನವ ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ ಸತ್ತ್ವಗಳು ಸಮಸ್ತ ಲೋಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಚರಿಸುತ್ತವೆ; ಇದನ್ನು ಜ್ಞಾನನೇತ್ರದಿಂದಲೇ ಗ್ರಹಿಸಬಹುದು॥
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that certain beings, once freed from the gross body, can move through multiple realms; this subtle truth is apprehended not by ordinary sense-perception but by jñāna (spiritual insight).
Vyāsa is explaining an unseen metaphysical process using a visible analogy: as sunbeams are perceived everywhere while continuously streaming, so liberated-from-body beings can traverse the worlds—knowable only through the perspective of knowledge.