Mahabharata 3.160.4 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 160, Shloka 4
Adhyāya 160: Dikpāla-Cosmography and the Sun’s Kālacakra (दिक्पाल-विश्ववर्णनम् तथा आदित्यस्य कालचक्रम्)
अन्वजानातू स धर्मज्ञो मुनिर्दिव्येन चक्षुषा । पाण्डो: पुत्रान् कुरुश्रेष्ठानास्यतामिति चाब्रवीत्
anvajānātu sa dharmajño munir divyena cakṣuṣā | pāṇḍoḥ putrān kuruśreṣṭhān āsyatām iti cābravīt |
अन्वजानात् स धर्मज्ञो मुनिर्दिव्येन चक्षुषा । पाण्डोः पुत्रान् कुरुश्रेष्ठानास्यतामिति चाब्रवीत् ॥
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A dharma-knowing sage recognizes worthy persons through higher insight and responds with proper conduct—here, respectful hospitality—showing that spiritual discernment should lead to ethical action.
The narrator reports that a sage, using divine sight, identifies the Pāṇḍavas as Pāṇḍu’s sons and eminent Kurus, and then courteously invites them to sit.
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