Shloka 40
Sanatsujāta-Āhvāna (Summoning Sanatsujāta) — Vidura’s Invocation and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Doubt
सर्वान् स्विष्टकृतो देवान् विद्याद् य इह कश्नन । न समानो ब्राह्मणस्य तस्मिन् प्रयतते स्वयम्
sarvān sviṣṭakṛto devān vidyād ya iha kaścana | na samāno brāhmaṇasya tasmin prayatate svayam ||
ສນັດສຸຊາຕະກ່າວວ່າ: ແມ່ນແຕ່ຜູ້ໃດໜຶ່ງໃນໂລກນີ້ຈະຮູ້ຈັກເທວະທັງປວງທີ່ເຊື່ອກັນວ່າໃຫ້ຜົນສຳເລັດຕາມປາຖະໜາ ກໍຍັງບໍ່ເທົ່າຜູ້ຮູ້ພຣະພຣະຫມັນ (Brahman). ເພາະຜູ້ແສວງຫາເທວະນັ້ນພະຍາຍາມເພື່ອໄດ້ຜົນທີ່ປາຖະໜາເທົ່ານັ້ນ; ແຕ່ຜູ້ຮູ້ພຣະພຣະຫມັນຢືນຢູ່ເຫນືອການແສວງຫາທີ່ຜູກພັນດ້ວຍເປົ້າໝາຍ.
सनत्युजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
Knowledge aimed at securing desired outcomes—even if it includes knowing all wish-fulfilling deities—remains inferior to Brahma-knowledge. The verse contrasts goal-oriented striving for results with the higher realization of Brahman, which transcends desire-based attainment.
In the Sanatsujātīya section of the Udyoga Parva, Sanatsujāta instructs (in a philosophical discourse) on the superiority of spiritual realization over ritualistic or result-seeking religiosity, emphasizing the primacy of Brahman-realization.