Shanti Parva Adhyaya 214 Shloka 3 - Mahabharata | Chinese | Vedapath

Vyasa

Shloka 3

Adhyāya 214: Tapas Redefined—Perpetual Discipline, Hospitality, and the Ethics of Eating (तपः-निरूपणम्, विघसाशी-अतिथिप्रिय-धर्मः)

Devanagari script

सर्वभूतात्म भूतास्ते सर्वज्ञा: सर्वदर्शिन: । ब्राह्मणा वेदशास्त्रज्ञास्तत्त्वार्थगतनिश्चया:

Transliteration

sarvabhūtātma-bhūtās te sarvajñāḥ sarvadarśinaḥ | brāhmaṇā vedaśāstrajñās tattvārtha-gata-niścayāḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩曰：“凡通晓吠陀与诸论典之婆罗门，便如一切众生之自性之我——无所不知，无所不见。其信念牢固安住于真实之义，因为他们已于至上真理得决定。”

Word by Word

सर्वभूतात्मthe self of all beings

भूताःbeing (thus), become

तेthey

सर्वज्ञाःall-knowing

सर्वदर्शिनःall-seeing

ब्राह्मणाःBrahmanas

वेदशास्त्रज्ञाःknowers of Veda and śāstra

तत्त्वार्थगतनिश्चयाःthose whose conviction is fixed on the true purport/reality

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Brāhmaṇas

Vedas

Śāstras

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True Brāhmaṇas are defined not merely by birth but by realized knowledge: mastery of Veda and śāstra culminates in insight into tattva (ultimate reality), producing steady conviction and a universal, compassionate vision that sees the Self in all beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma after the war, Bhīṣma addresses Yudhiṣṭhira and describes the marks of genuine Brāhmaṇas—those grounded in scriptural wisdom and firm realization of the highest truth.