Shloka 11
सूक्ष्मभूत-भूतात्मविज्ञानम्
Knowing the subtle principle and the bhūtātman through yoga
येन पूर्णमिवाकाशं भवत्येकेन सर्वदा | शून्यं येन जनाकीर्ण त॑ देवा ब्राह्मणं विदु:
yena pūrṇam ivākāśaṃ bhavaty ekena sarvadā | śūnyaṃ yena janākīrṇaṃ taṃ devā brāhmaṇaṃ viduḥ ||
毗耶娑说：那恒常安住于自身遍一切处之本性者，虽独处一身，却仿佛使整个苍穹圆满充盈；又那因无所执著，纵在众人拥挤之处亦视之为空寂者——诸天便认定此人是真正的婆罗门，是知梵（Brahman）者。
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
A true brāhmaṇa is defined not by birth or ritual but by realization and detachment: established in the all-pervading Self, he remains inwardly complete and untouched, seeing even crowded worldly life as empty of binding attachment.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Vyāsa characterizes the marks of a Brahman-knower: one who abides alone in the universal Self and remains unentangled amid society, thereby earning recognition (even by the gods) as a true brāhmaṇa.