Shloka 46
परिव्राजक-आचारः (Conduct of the Wandering Renunciant) — Mahābhārata, Śānti-parva 269
ऋतं सत्यं विदितं वेदितव्यं सर्वस्यात्मा स्थावरं जड़मं च । सर्व सुखं यच्छिवमुत्तरं च ब्रह्माव्यक्त प्रभवश्चवाव्ययं च,अतः वह ब्रह्म ऋत, सत्य, ज्ञात, ज्ञातव्य, सबका आत्मा, स्थावर-जंगमरूप, सम्पूर्ण सुखरूप, कल्याणमय, सर्वोत्कृष्ट, अव्यक्त, सबकी उत्पत्तिका कारण और अविनाशी है
ṛtaṃ satyaṃ viditaṃ veditavyaṃ sarvasyātmā sthāvaraṃ jaḍamaṃ ca | sarva-sukhaṃ yac chivam uttaraṃ ca brahmāvyakta-prabhavaś cāvyayaṃ ca ||
ऋतं सत्यं विदितं वेदितव्यं सर्वस्यात्मा स्थावरं जङ्गमं च। सर्वसुखं यच्छिवमुत्तरं च ब्रह्माव्यक्तं प्रभवश्चाव्ययं च॥
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Brahman is identified as cosmic order and truth, the inner Self of everything—sentient and insentient—supreme, auspicious, unmanifest, the source of all, and imperishable. The verse urges a shift from limited identifications to recognizing an all-pervading, truthful ground of reality as the highest aim.
In the Shanti Parva’s philosophical instruction, Kapila is expounding a doctrine of ultimate reality. He characterizes Brahman through a chain of predicates—truth, knowable/known, universal Self, source, and imperishable—to guide the listener toward contemplative understanding and liberation-oriented ethics.