Shloka 11
Śrī–Indra–Bali Saṃvāda: The Departure and Fourfold Placement of Lakṣmī
त॑ं समासीनमागम्य कापिलं मण्डलं महत् | पञ्चस्रोतसि निष्णात: पज्चरात्रविशारद:
taṁ samāsīnam āgamya kāpilaṁ maṇḍalaṁ mahat | pañcasrotasi niṣṇātaḥ pañcarātraviśāradaḥ ||
毗湿摩说：“当阿修利端坐于林庐之中时，一大群奉持迦毗罗（Kapila）教义的圣贤前来拜谒。其中有般遮尸佉（Pañcaśikha），深谙‘五重流转’——诸根与心识的运作——并精通般遮罗多（Pañcarātra）传统。他们请求开示：关于寓于每个人之内的未显实在，以及引人超越表相、趋向真实解脱的至上真理。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a quest for higher knowledge: sages approach a seated teacher to inquire into the avyakta (the unmanifest) and the supreme truth present within beings. It highlights disciplined expertise (niṣṇāta, viśārada) as a qualification for subtle inquiry, and it places Sāṅkhya (Kāpila) and Pañcarātra learning in a shared ethical-spiritual pursuit of liberation.
In Bhīṣma’s narration, Āsuri is seated in his hermitage when a large group of Kapila-aligned sages arrives. They request instruction about the inner, unmanifest principle and ultimate reality. Pañcaśikha is singled out as a distinguished member of the group, renowned for mastery over the ‘five streams’ and for expertise in Pañcarātra.