Shloka 7
मांसभक्षण-दोषाः तथा अहिंसाया माहात्म्यम् | Faults of Meat-Consumption and the Supremacy of Ahiṃsā
सर्वभूतात्मभूतस्य सर्वभूतानि पश्यत: । देवा5पि मार्गे मुहान्ति अपदस्य पदैषिण:
sarvabhūtātmabhūtasya sarvabhūtāni paśyataḥ | devā api mārge muhyanti apadasya padaiṣiṇaḥ ||
సర్వభూతాల ఆత్మగా మారి, అన్ని జీవులను సమదృష్టితో చూసే—గమనాగమనాలకు అతీతమైన—ఆ జ్ఞానியின் మార్గాన్ని అన్వేషించగా దేవతలకూడా మోహానికి లోనవుతారు।
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the truly liberated knower identifies with the Self of all beings and sees all creatures equally; such a person’s spiritual ‘path’ is trackless and cannot be judged by outward movement or conventional markers—so subtle that even gods cannot fully comprehend it.
Yudhiṣṭhira is describing the nature of a realized sage: one who has transcended ordinary notions of action and progress. In emphasizing that even the devas are bewildered when trying to follow that sage’s course, he highlights the transcendence and inwardness of genuine realization.