Shloka 25
अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा
Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin
कथं पश्येम हि वयं देवं नारायणं त्विति । अथ व्रतस्यावभूथे वागुवाचाशरीरिणी
kathaṁ paśyema hi vayaṁ devaṁ nārāyaṇaṁ tv iti | atha vratasya avabhūthe vāg uvāca aśarīriṇī ||
毗湿摩说道：“我们究竟要如何才能得见那位神祇那罗延？”当誓愿行至终结之仪（以仪式沐浴标志圆满）时，一道无形无身的声音开口说道。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the human limitation in directly perceiving the supreme (Nārāyaṇa) and suggests that divine revelation often comes through grace, especially at moments of ritual and moral culmination—here, the completion of a vow marked by the avabhṛtha.
A question is raised—how they might behold Nārāyaṇa. Immediately after, at the concluding rite of the vow (avabhṛtha), a disembodied voice speaks, indicating a divine or supernatural response to the seekers’ longing.