Shloka 10
Adhyāya 249 — Mṛtyu-prādurbhāvaḥ (The Manifestation of Death) / Restraint of Tejas and Ordered Saṃhāra
ज्ञानदीपेन दीप्तेन पश्यत्यात्मानमात्मनि । दृष्टवा त्वमात्मना55त्मानं निरात्मा भव सर्ववित्
jñānadīpena dīptena paśyaty ātmānam ātmani | dṛṣṭvā tvam ātmanā ātmānaṃ nirātmā bhava sarvavit ||
毗耶娑说：“以炽然点燃的智慧之灯，得以在自我之中观见真我。亦复如是，噢普鲁沙，当以自我证得真我，便当成为通达者，离于我慢与自我执著。”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
True realization arises when knowledge becomes an inner light: by that illumination one directly perceives the Self within oneself. The ethical outcome is humility and egolessness—dropping self-assertion—along with comprehensive understanding (sarvavit) grounded in inner realization rather than mere learning.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Vyāsa addresses the listener as ‘Puruṣa’ and urges an inward turn: using the ‘lamp of knowledge’ to see the Self, and then to live as one freed from egoic identity, embodying the calm, all-comprehending vision praised in this section.