Shloka 29
अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा
Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin
ते सहस्रार्चिषं देवं प्रविशन्ति सनातनम् | अनिन्द्रिया निराहारा अनिष्पन्दा: सुगन्धिन:
te sahasrārciṣaṃ devaṃ praviśanti sanātanam | anindriyā nirāhārā aniṣpandāḥ sugandhinaḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：他们摆脱诸根的牵引，不需饮食，且全然不动，于身于性皆成芬芳。如此净化而坚定，他们进入那永恒之神——千光之天——融入至上、超越时限的真实，作为戒行与奉爱之生的终极归宿。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents liberation as the fruit of profound inner discipline: transcending sense-impulses, loosening bodily dependence (symbolized by being 'without food'), and attaining unwavering stillness. Such purity and one-pointedness culminate in 'entering' the Eternal, radiant Divine—an image for final union with the supreme reality.
In Bhishma’s instruction during the Shanti Parva, he describes the state and destiny of perfected practitioners. He portrays their transformed condition—sense-transcendence, cessation of restless motion, and a sanctified fragrance—and then states their ultimate end: they enter the timeless, thousand-rayed God.