Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 56
अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)
एतत् पदमनुद्धिग्नमेतद् ब्रह्म सनातनम् । शास्त्रवेदाड़विदुषामेतद् ध्यानं परं पदम्
etat padam anuddhignam etad brahma sanātanam | śāstra-vedāṅga-viduṣām etad dhyānaṁ paraṁ padam ||
ਵਾਯੁ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਇਹੀ ਨਿਰੁਦ੍ਵਿਗਨ ਪਰਮਪਦ ਹੈ; ਇਹੀ ਸਨਾਤਨ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਹੈ। ਸ਼ਾਸਤਰਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਵੇਦਾਂਗਾਂ ਦੇ ਵਿਦਵਾਨਾਂ ਲਈ ਇਹੀ ਧਿਆਨ ਕਰਨ ਯੋਗ ਸਰਵੋੱਚ ਪਦ ਹੈ।
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies the highest human aim as an undisturbed, fear-free inner state—equated with the eternal Brahman—and presents meditation as the appropriate means of realizing that supreme goal, especially for those grounded in scriptural learning.
Vāyu (the wind-god) is speaking, defining the ‘supreme abode’ in spiritual terms: not a physical place, but the tranquil realization of Brahman, upheld as the culmination of Vedic and śāstric wisdom.