Shloka 15
Dharma-Pramāṇa-Vicāra: The Elusiveness of Dharma and the Limits of Rule-Lists
विदित्वा सप्त सूक्ष्माणि षडड़ं च महेश्वरम् । प्रधानविनियोगज्ञ: परं ब्रह्मानुपश्यति
viditvā sapta sūkṣmāṇi ṣaḍ-aṅgaṁ ca maheśvaram | pradhāna-viniyoga-jñaḥ paraṁ brahmānupaśyati ||
सप्त सूक्ष्मतत्त्वानि विदित्वा षडङ्गैश्वर्यसमन्वितं महेश्वरं च यः सम्यगवगच्छति, प्रधानस्य विनियोगं च यथावत् प्रजानाति—त्रिगुणात्मिकायाः प्रकृतेः परिणाम एवायं समग्रः जगदिति निश्चित्य—स परं ब्रह्म परमात्मानं साक्षात्करोति।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation arises from discriminative knowledge: understanding the subtle constituents of experience (often counted as the five tanmātras along with mind and intellect), recognizing the world as a transformation of three-guṇa Prakṛti, and knowing the Lord (Maheśvara) as the governing principle; such insight culminates in direct realization of the Supreme Brahman.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Vyāsa continues a philosophical exposition: he describes the kind of knower—versed in subtle tattvas and in the operation of primordial Nature—who transcends mere theory and attains experiential vision of the highest reality, Brahman.