Shloka 27
Adhyāya 6: Pañca-mahābhūta–guṇa-nirdeśa and Sudarśana-dvīpa
Five Elements, Sensory Qualities, and a Cosmographic Island
तमुग्रतपस: सिद्धा: सुव्रता: सत्यवादिन: । पश्यन्ति न हि दुर्वत्तै: शक््यो द्रष्टूं महेश्वर:
tam ugratapasaḥ siddhāḥ suvratāḥ satyavādinaḥ | paśyanti na hi durvṛttaiḥ śakyo draṣṭuṃ maheśvaraḥ ||
Hanya para siddha yang telah sempurna—berlaku tapa yang keras, teguh dalam ikrar mulia, dan setia pada kebenaran—dapat memandang-Nya di sana. Kerana Maheśvara, Tuhan Yang Agung, tidak dapat dilihat oleh mereka yang rosak tingkah lakunya.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Divine vision is presented as ethically conditioned: truthfulness, disciplined vows, and austerity purify the seeker, whereas immoral conduct (durvṛtta) blocks the possibility of beholding Maheśvara.
Sañjaya describes who is capable of seeing Maheśvara: only realized ascetics and vow-keepers devoted to truth can behold Him, while the wicked cannot attain such a vision.