Shloka 1203
धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)
तेषामकथयत् सूर्य: सर्वेषां भावितात्मनाम् । पवित्र अन्तः:करणवाले उन सिद्धोंके मुखसे भगवान् सूर्यने इस माहात्म्यको सुना। राजन! सूर्यने सुनकर अपने पीछे चलनेवाले साठ हजार भावितात्मा मुनियोंको इसका श्रवण कराया। लोकमें तपते हुए सूर्यके आगे चलनेके लिये जिन ऋषियोंकी सृष्टि हुई है
teṣām akathayat sūryaḥ sarveṣāṁ bhāvitātmanām | pavitrāntaḥkaraṇavāleṣu siddheṣu mukhato bhagavān sūryo 'sya māhātmyam aśṛṇot | rājan! sūryaḥ śrutvā svānugāmināṁ ṣaṣṭi-sahasrāṇāṁ bhāvitātmanāṁ munīnām etat śrāvaṇam akārayat | loke tapataḥ sūryasya agre gantum ye ṛṣayaḥ sṛṣṭāḥ, tebhyo 'pi bhāvitātmabhyo bhagavato mahimāṁ sūryadevo 'śrāvayat ||
毗湿摩说道：“太阳将此事讲述给一切心意清净、修持圆满的成就者。正是从那些圣洁的悉达（Siddha）口中，神圣的太阳听闻了这份伟大。大王啊，太阳听过之后，又令随行其后的六万名清净之心的圣贤得以听闻。并且，对那些被造来在世间走在炽热太阳之前的先知仙人，太阳神也宣说了主的这份荣耀。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sacred knowledge and devotion are preserved and empowered through purified listeners and disciplined transmitters: the Sun first receives the Lord’s glory from perfected Siddhas and then disseminates it to vast assemblies of sages, highlighting inner purity (pavitrāntaḥkaraṇa) as the proper vessel for dharmic teaching.
Bhishma describes a chain of transmission: Siddhas with pure inner faculties speak of the Lord’s greatness; the Sun hears it from them and then has it recited to the sixty thousand sages who accompany him, as well as to the seers created to precede the Sun—portraying the Sun as both recipient and propagator of divine praise.