Shloka 2
Dharma-Pramāṇa-Vicāra: The Elusiveness of Dharma and the Limits of Rule-Lists
यथा मरीच्य: सहिताश्षरन्ति सर्वत्र तिष्ठन्ति च दृश्यमाना: । देहैविमुक्तानि चरन्ति लोकां- स्तथैव सत्त्वान्यतिमानुषाणि
yathā marīcyaḥ sahitāḥ śaranti sarvatra tiṣṭhanti ca dṛśyamānāḥ | dehair vimuktāni caranti lokāṁs tathaiva sattvāny atimānuṣāṇi ||
毗耶娑言：“譬如日光之线，虽相连相合，却遍流四方，处处可见——似在行走，亦似停驻——如是，超人之有情，既脱离其身，便游行诸世界。此唯以‘智慧之眼’方能了知。”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that certain beings, once freed from the gross body, can move through multiple realms; this subtle truth is apprehended not by ordinary sense-perception but by jñāna (spiritual insight).
Vyāsa is explaining an unseen metaphysical process using a visible analogy: as sunbeams are perceived everywhere while continuously streaming, so liberated-from-body beings can traverse the worlds—knowable only through the perspective of knowledge.