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 ||
इंद्रिये आवरून मी तपस्या पूर्ण केली तेव्हा, भगवान नारायणांच्या कृपेने आणि क्षीरसागराच्या अनुकूलतेने, समुद्रतीरी मला माझ्या इच्छेप्रमाणे तिन्ही काळांचे ज्ञान प्राप्त झाले. म्हणून तुमचा संशय दूर करण्यासाठी मी उत्तम व न्याय्य गोष्ट सांगतो; लक्ष देऊन ऐका.
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.