Shloka 226
Adhyāya 262: Śabda-brahman, Para-brahman, and the Ethics of Tyāga
Kapila–Syūmaraśmi Saṃvāda
अस्ति नस्तत्त्वतो भूय इति प्राज्ञस्त्ववेक्षते । हममेंसे बहुत लोग ऐसे हैं
asti nas tattvato bhūya iti prājñas tv avekṣate |
智者省察道：“就真实而言，尚有比我们自以为的‘我’更为伟大者。”纵然我们之中许多人以法（dharma）为依止，以法为乐，并已判定何者当行、何者不当行，知者仍见到一种更广大、更至上的实在——遍在一切处，作为万有之我而安住——超越我们狭隘的自我认定。
चुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ethical life grounded in dharma is valuable, but the wise discern an even greater truth: beyond our limited sense of ‘who we are’ stands the supreme, all-pervading Reality (Paramātman), present as the inner Self of all. True wisdom is to see that larger Self behind and within all dharmic action.
Culādhāra is speaking in the Śānti Parva’s instructional dialogue, shifting the focus from merely determining duties and prohibitions to contemplative insight. He emphasizes the perspective of the knower who sees the universal Self beyond individual identity and beyond even the satisfaction of living by dharma alone.