Shloka 6
Śuka–Janaka Saṃvāda: Āśrama-krama, Jñāna-vijñāna, and the Marks of Liberation (शुक-जनक संवादः)
चक्षुरध्यात्ममित्याहुर्यथा श्रुतिनिदर्शिन: । रूपमत्राधिभूतं तु सूर्य श्षाप्पधिदैवतम्
cakṣur adhyātmam ity āhur yathā śruti-nidarśinaḥ | rūpam atrādhibhūtaṃ tu sūryaḥ cāpy adhidaivatam ||
阎若婆迦说道：“以吠陀权威阐明教法的圣见者宣说：眼属于内在、个体的领域（adhyātma）。在同一三分对应中，形色为客观层面的要素（adhibhūta），而太阳为主宰的神圣权能（adhidaivata）。”
याज़्वल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse maps perception into a threefold framework: the eye as the inner, subjective factor (adhyātma), visible form as the external object (adhibhūta), and the Sun as the divine presiding power enabling sight (adhidaivata).
In the Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, Yājñavalkya is explaining a philosophical classification used in śruti-based teaching, illustrating how a single experience (seeing) is understood through self, world, and deity.