Shloka 4
कपिलगोसंवादे गृहस्थ-त्यागधर्मयोः प्रमाण्यविचारः
Kapila–Cow Dialogue: Authority of Householder and Renunciant Dharmas
स कदाचिन्महातेजा जलवासो महीपते । चचार लोकान विप्रर्षि: प्रेक्षमाणो मनोजव:
sa kadācin mahātejā jalavāso mahīpate | cacāra lokān viprarṣiḥ prekṣamāṇo manojavaḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：“大王啊，有一次，那位光辉的婆罗门仙人——居于海滨水泽之地——为欲遍观诸界，便以念速之疾，出行游历诸世界。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the ideal of the sage as a seeker of comprehensive vision: moving beyond a fixed locale, he surveys the ‘worlds’ to understand reality directly. In the Śānti Parva’s ethical frame, such wide seeing supports dharma—right judgment grounded in experience, detachment, and insight rather than narrow interest.
Bhīṣma tells the king that an unnamed radiant brahmin-seer, who lived in a watery coastal region, at one time began to roam through various realms with mind-like speed, motivated by the desire to behold and examine the worlds.