Mahabharata — Udyoga Parva, Shloka 16
Sanatsujāta on the Imperceptible Eternal Light (यत्तच्छुक्रं महज्ज्योतिः)
असाधना वापि ससाधना वा समानमेतद् दृश्यते मानुषेषु । समानमेतदमृतस्येतरस्य मुक्तास्तत्र मध्व उत्सं समापु: । योगिनस्तं प्रपश्यन्ति भगवन्तं सनातनम्
asādhanā vāpi sasādhanā vā samānam etad dṛśyate mānuṣeṣu | samānam etad amṛtasya itarasya muktās tatra madhv-utsaṃ samāpuḥ | yoginas taṃ prapaśyanti bhagavantaṃ sanātanam ||
ಸಾಧನರಹಿತನಾಗಲಿ ಸಾಧನಸಂಪನ್ನನಾಗಲಿ—ಆ ಪರಮತತ್ತ್ವವು ಮಾನವರಲ್ಲಿ ಸಮಾನವಾಗಿ, ಒಂದೇ ರೀತಿಯಾಗಿ ಕಾಣುತ್ತದೆ. ತನ್ನ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಅದು ಬಂಧಿತನಿಗೂ ಮುಕ್ತನಿಗೂ ಸಮಾನವೇ; ಭೇದ ಇಷ್ಟೇ—ಮುಕ್ತನಾದವನೇ ಆನಂದದ ಮೂಲಸ್ರೋತವಾದ ಅಮೃತಸ್ವರೂಪ ಪ್ರಭುವನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಆ ಸನಾತನ ಭಗವಂತನನ್ನು ಯೋಗಿಗಳು ನೇರವಾಗಿ ದರ್ಶಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ.
सनत्सुजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Supreme Reality (Bhagavān/Brahman) is impartial and equally present in all humans, regardless of whether they possess spiritual disciplines. The decisive difference lies not in the Lord’s presence but in the seeker’s condition: only the liberated truly attain and taste the ‘nectar-spring’ of bliss, which yogins realize through direct vision.
Sanatsujāta is instructing (in the Sanatsujātīya section of Udyoga Parva) on liberation and the nature of the Self/Lord. He contrasts bondage and freedom, emphasizing that the eternal Lord is the same for all, while realization and attainment belong to those who are freed and who see through yoga.