Shloka 107
धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)
लोककार्याणि कृत्वा च पुन: स्वां प्रकृतिं गता: । न होतद् ब्रह्मणा प्राप्तमीदृ्श मम दर्शनम्
lokakāryāṇi kṛtvā ca punaḥ svāṃ prakṛtiṃ gatāḥ | na hotad brahmaṇā prāptam īdṛśa mama darśanam ||
“Sau khi hoàn thành những công việc vì lợi ích của thế gian, các Ngài lại trở về bản tính nguyên sơ của mình. Một thị kiến về ta như thế không phải điều mà ngay cả Brahmā cũng có thể đạt được.”
(भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
World-benefiting action (lokakārya) performed in accordance with dharma leads to a higher consummation—returning to one’s proper state—and grants rare spiritual privilege (darśana) that is portrayed as exceedingly difficult to attain, even for exalted beings like Brahmā.
Bhīṣma, in his instruction during Śānti Parva, describes the outcome of certain righteous agents: after completing their appointed service for the world, they depart from that role and re-enter their own essential condition; he emphasizes the extraordinary nature of the vision being spoken of by stating it is not obtained even by Brahmā.