Shloka 15
Dharma-Pramāṇa-Vicāra: The Elusiveness of Dharma and the Limits of Rule-Lists
विदित्वा सप्त सूक्ष्माणि षडड़ं च महेश्वरम् । प्रधानविनियोगज्ञ: परं ब्रह्मानुपश्यति
viditvā sapta sūkṣmāṇi ṣaḍ-aṅgaṁ ca maheśvaram | pradhāna-viniyoga-jñaḥ paraṁ brahmānupaśyati ||
毗耶娑说道：“凡真正了知七种微细原理，又知具足六种神力的摩醯湿伐罗，并善于辨明原质（Pradhāna，太初自然）如何被施用而成显现——认识到整个世界不过是由三德（guṇa）构成之自性（Prakṛti）的变现——此人便能亲证至上梵（Brahman），得见最高之我。”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation arises from discriminative knowledge: understanding the subtle constituents of experience (often counted as the five tanmātras along with mind and intellect), recognizing the world as a transformation of three-guṇa Prakṛti, and knowing the Lord (Maheśvara) as the governing principle; such insight culminates in direct realization of the Supreme Brahman.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Vyāsa continues a philosophical exposition: he describes the kind of knower—versed in subtle tattvas and in the operation of primordial Nature—who transcends mere theory and attains experiential vision of the highest reality, Brahman.