Shloka 31
सूक्ष्मभूत-भूतात्मविज्ञानम्
Knowing the subtle principle and the bhūtātman through yoga
भूमावसक्तं दिवि चाप्रमेयं हिरण्मयं यो5ण्डजमण्डमध्ये | पतत्त्रिणं पक्षिणमन्तरिक्षे यो वेद भोग्यात्मनि रश्मिदीप्त:
bhūmāvasaktaṃ divi cāprameyaṃ hiraṇmayaṃ yo ’ṇḍajamaṇḍamadhye | patattriṇaṃ pakṣiṇamantarikṣe yo veda bhogyātmani raśmidīptaḥ ||
毗耶娑说：凡了知那光焰灿然、金色辉耀之自我者——虽住于大地而不执著；安立于不可量的天穹般广大之境；显现于宇宙之卵中，又坐于有身者心莲之上，在内空中如鸟翔行——此等知者为智慧炽烈之光所照，熠熠生辉。
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches vairāgya (non-attachment) grounded in ātma-jñāna: the Self can be present in embodied life and the world yet remain untouched. Realizing the luminous inner Self—symbolized as a golden bird moving in the inner sky—one becomes ‘raśmi-dīpta’, radiant with the light of knowledge.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Vyāsa describes the indwelling Self through a symbolic image (golden, winged, moving in the inner space). The focus is contemplative teaching rather than external action: it directs the listener to recognize the Self within the body and cosmos and thereby transcend bondage.