Shloka 15
अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा
Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin
उवाच चोपरिचरं मया भागोड्यमुद्यत: । ग्राह्मु: स्वयं हि देवेन मत्प्रत्यक्षं न संशय:
uvāca coparicaraṃ mayā bhāgo 'dyam udyataḥ | grāhyaḥ svayaṃ hi devena matpratyakṣaṃ na saṃśayaḥ ||
भीष्म उवाच—अथोपरीचरः राजा चोवाच—“मया यः भागोऽद्य समुद्धृत उद्यतः, स देवेन स्वयमेव मत्प्रत्यक्षं प्रादुर्भूय गृह्यताम्; एष एव न्यायः, नात्र संशयः।”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a devotional-ethical stance: an offering (bhāga) is considered properly completed only when accepted by the divine, and the devotee seeks direct assurance (pratyakṣa) of that acceptance—expressing unwavering conviction and a demand for rightful validation of ritual and intent.
Bhīṣma recounts an episode in which King Uparicara proclaims that the portion he has presented should be taken by the Lord Himself, appearing before him; he insists this is the just and proper outcome and that there is no doubt about it.