Shloka 25
Arjuna’s request to Krishna and the opening of the Kāśyapa–Brāhmaṇa mokṣa discourse (Āśvamedhika-parva 16)
वे मुक्तकी भाँति विचरनेवाले
te muktakī-bhānti vicarṇevāle, siddhāḥ, śānta-cittāḥ, jitendriyāḥ, brahma-tejasā dīdyamānāḥ, sarvatra ghūmṇevāle ca antardhāna-vidyā-jñāḥ āsan. adṛśya-rahaṇevāle cakra-dhārī siddhaiḥ saha te vicaranti, saṃbhāṣante, ca teṣām eva saha ekānte niṣīdanti sma. yathā vāyuḥ kvacid anāsaktaḥ san sarvatra pravahati, tathā te sarvatra anāsakta-bhāvena svacchandatayā vicaranti sma. maharṣiḥ kāśyapaḥ teṣāṃ uparyuktaṃ mahimānaṃ śrutvaiva teṣāṃ samīpaṃ jagāma. taṃ samāsādya medhāvī sa tadā dvija-sattamaḥ, caraṇau dharma-kāmo 'sya tapasyī su-samāhitaḥ, pratipede yathā-nyāyaṃ dṛṣṭvā tan mahad adbhutam.
他们行游如解脱者——成就的悉地者，心寂静，制伏诸根，梵光炽然。周行四方，通晓隐身之术。与那些不可见、执轮（持轮）之悉地者同游，同语，并于幽僻处共坐。正如风遍行世间而不著一物，他们亦随处自在，无所系恋，任运而行。迦叶仙人仅闻其大德，便前往求见。及至近前，那位聪慧的苦行者——二生中最胜者，志在法而定心坚固——依礼拜伏于彼悉地者足下，目睹奇观而惊叹不已。
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
True spiritual attainment is marked less by display and more by inner qualities—calm mind, mastery of the senses, and above all non-attachment. The siddhas’ freedom is compared to the wind: moving everywhere without clinging. Kaśyapa’s proper bowing shows that even great learning should be joined with humility and reverence toward realized beings.
A group of siddhas, capable of invisibility and moving freely, are described as wandering and meeting in secluded places. Hearing of their extraordinary state, the sage Kaśyapa approaches them and, following proper etiquette, bows at the feet of the siddha, amazed by what he sees.