Shloka 1
धर्मलक्षण-प्रश्नः (Marks and Sources of Dharma) | Chapter 251: Inquiry into the Definition of Dharma
ऑपन- मा बछ। -्स:ॉ् द्विपज्चाशर्दाधिकद्विशततमो< ध्याय: शरीरमें पञ्चभूतोंके कार्य और गुणोंकी पहचान व्यास उवाच दन्द्वानि मोक्षजिज्ञासुरर्थधर्मावनुछित: । वक्त्रा गुणवता शिष्य: श्राव्य: पूर्वमिदं महत्
vyāsa uvāca | śarīrād vipramuktaṃ hi sūkṣmabhūtaṃ śarīriṇam | karmabhiḥ paripaśyanti śāstroktaiḥ śāstravedinaḥ ||
毗耶娑曰：“孩子啊！凡依正道奉行义利（artha）与法（dharma），以坚忍承受乐与苦等对待之相，并怀求解脱（mokṣa）之志者；对于这般具信之弟子，德行具足的说法者当先令其聆听此一宏大的内证之学。”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the true self (śarīrin/ātman) is subtle and distinct from the physical body, and that this distinction is realized by those trained in śāstra through scripturally prescribed disciplines (karmabhiḥ) that culminate in clear perception (paripaśyanti).
Vyāsa is instructing within the Mokṣadharma section of Śānti Parva, introducing a yogic-śāstric method of insight: learned practitioners, following śāstra-based practices, come to ‘see’ the embodied self as separate from bodily identity.