Shloka 44
परिव्राजक-आचारः (Conduct of the Wandering Renunciant) — Mahābhārata, Śānti-parva 269
एषैव निष्ठा सर्वत्र यत् तदस्ति च नास्ति च । एतदन्त च मध्यं च सच्चासच्च विजानतः,सम्पूर्ण शास्त्रोंकी एकमात्र निष्ठा यही है कि जो-जो दृश्य पदार्थ है वह प्रतीतिकालमें तो विद्यमान है, परंतु परमार्थ ज्ञानकी स्थितिमें बाधित हो जानेपर वह नहीं है। ज्ञानी पुरुषकी दृष्टिमें सदसत् स्वरूप ब्रह्म ही इस जगत्का आदि, मध्य और अन्त है
eṣaiva niṣṭhā sarvatra yat tad asti ca nāsti ca | etad antaṁ ca madhyaṁ ca saccāsacca vijānataḥ ||
एषैव निष्ठा सर्वत्र यत्तदस्ति च नास्ति च। एतदन्तं च मध्यं च सच्चासच्च विजानतः॥
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse states a pan-śāstric conclusion: the world is experienced as existent while it appears, but from the standpoint of highest knowledge it is sublated; the wise discern the interplay of sat/asat and recognize Brahman as the ultimate ground—spoken of as the beginning, middle, and end of the cosmos.
In Śānti Parva’s didactic discourse, Kapila instructs on liberation-oriented knowledge, emphasizing how a knower interprets worldly phenomena: valid for experience, yet not ultimately real, with Brahman as the underlying reality to be realized.