Shloka 14
शुकस्य मिथिलागमनम् (Śukasya Mithilāgamanam) — Śuka’s Journey to Mithilā and the Courtly Test
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sarvataḥ pāṇipādāntaḥ sarvato 'kṣiśiromukhaḥ | sarvataḥ śrutimāl loke sarvam āvṛtya tiṣṭhati ||
耶若那伐迦说道：“祂四面皆有手足；四面皆有眼、首与面；耳亦遍在。祂包覆世间一切存在，安住而周遍万有。”
याज़्वल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the all-pervading nature of the Supreme Self: the Divine is not confined to a single location or form but ‘covers’ and indwells the entire world, symbolically described as having senses and limbs everywhere.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation and highest reality, the sage Yājñavalkya describes the Supreme Being’s cosmic, universal form—an omnipresent presence that encompasses all beings and all directions.