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अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा
Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin
न तत्राभ्यधिक: कक्षित् सर्वे ते समतेजस: । “हमलोगोंने तो यही समझा कि यह द्वीप तेजका ही निवासस्थान है। वहाँ कोई किसीसे बढ़कर नहीं था। सबका तेज समान था
na tatrābhyadhikaḥ kaścit sarve te samatejasaḥ |
भीष्म उवाच—तत्र कश्चिदपि नाभ्यधिकः; सर्वे ते समतेजसः। वयं तु मन्यामहे—अयं द्वीपः शुद्धतेजस एव निवासस्थानम्; तत्र न कश्चित् कस्यचित् श्रेष्ठः, सर्वेषां तेजः सममेव।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True excellence is not measured by domination or rank but by inner tejas aligned with dharma; in a perfected or dharmic realm, superiority gives way to equality of spiritual power and dignity.
Bhīṣma describes a place (an island) characterized by uniform splendor: no individual outshines or overrules another, and all inhabitants are portrayed as equally radiant, suggesting a harmonized, elevated community.