Shloka 46
परिव्राजक-आचारः (Conduct of the Wandering Renunciant) — Mahābhārata, Śānti-parva 269
ऋतं सत्यं विदितं वेदितव्यं सर्वस्यात्मा स्थावरं जड़मं च । सर्व सुखं यच्छिवमुत्तरं च ब्रह्माव्यक्त प्रभवश्चवाव्ययं च
ṛtaṃ satyaṃ viditaṃ veditavyaṃ sarvasyātmā sthāvaraṃ jaḍamaṃ ca | sarva-sukhaṃ yac chivam uttaraṃ ca brahmāvyakta-prabhavaś cāvyayaṃ ca ||
迦毗罗宣说：梵（Brahman）即是宇宙秩序之理（ṛta）与真实（satya）本身——既是已知者，亦是当知者。它是一切众生的内在自我，亦包容不动者与无觉者。它是安乐的圆满、吉祥与至善；不显（avyakta），万有之所从生，且不坏不灭。其伦理旨趣在于：究竟实在并不偏私、亦非宗派之物；它遍满一切，奠立诚实之根基，并作为超越暂时欲乐的最高目标。
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Brahman is identified as cosmic order and truth, the inner Self of everything—sentient and insentient—supreme, auspicious, unmanifest, the source of all, and imperishable. The verse urges a shift from limited identifications to recognizing an all-pervading, truthful ground of reality as the highest aim.
In the Shanti Parva’s philosophical instruction, Kapila is expounding a doctrine of ultimate reality. He characterizes Brahman through a chain of predicates—truth, knowable/known, universal Self, source, and imperishable—to guide the listener toward contemplative understanding and liberation-oriented ethics.