Mahabharata 6.71.9 — Bhishma Parva, Adhyaya 71, Shloka 9
Makara-vyūha and Krauñca-prativyūha at Sunrise (मकरव्यूहः क्रौञ्चप्रतिव्यूहश्च)
एवं त्वामभिजानन्ति तपसा भाविता नरा: | आत्मदर्शनतृप्तानामृषीणां चासि सत्तम:
evaṁ tvām abhijānanti tapasā bhāvitā narāḥ | ātmadarśanatṛptānām ṛṣīṇāṁ cāsi sattamaḥ ||
एवं त्वामभिजानन्ति तपसा भाविता नराः । आत्मदर्शनतृप्तानामृषीणां चासि सत्तमः ॥
भीष्म उवाच
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True recognition of the Supreme comes through inner purification by tapas and culminates in direct Self-realization; those established in such realization regard the addressed Lord as the highest excellence (sattamaḥ).
Bhīṣma is offering a hymn-like praise, asserting that spiritually disciplined people and realized sages alike know the addressed being as supremely exalted.
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