Shloka 30
सत्य–अनृत, प्रकाश–तमस्, स्वर्ग–नरक विवेचनम्
Truth and Untruth as Light and Darkness; Svarga and Naraka as Ethical Consequences
अग्निमारुततोयानां वर्णा: क्षितितलस्य च | आकाशादवगृहान्ते भिद्यन्ते5तत्त्वदर्शनात्
agnimārutatoyānāṁ varṇāḥ kṣititalasya ca | ākāśād avagṛhānte bhidyante tattvadarśanāt |
婆罗陀婆阇说道：“火、风、水之别相，以及地表之性相，皆由如实见真理而得分判：自虚空而下，乃至最微之封闭形态，皆各有差别。若能如其所是观诸原理，便能了知诸大种与有身诸形，如何依其自性而各自分界。”
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
True knowledge (tattva-darśana) enables one to discriminate the distinct natures of the elements and embodied forms—seeing how each is defined by its own characteristic qualities rather than being confused as one undifferentiated mass.
In Śānti Parva’s philosophical instruction, Bharadvāja is explaining a framework of reality: from ākāśa (space) down through the elements and into bounded forms, their differences become clear to one who has insight into principles (tattvas).