Shloka 28
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
यथा वृत्तं हि कल्पादौ दृष्टं मे ज्ञानचक्षुषा । परमात्मेति यं प्राहु: सांख्ययोगविदो जना:
yathā vṛttaṃ hi kalpādau dṛṣṭaṃ me jñānacakṣuṣā | paramātmeti yaṃ prāhuḥ sāṅkhyayogavido janāḥ ||
毗舍婆耶那说道：“正如在劫初万事的进程如何展开，我亦以智慧之眼如实观见。那被通晓数论与瑜伽之人称为至上我（Paramātman）的真实——我将为你宣说。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse grounds the teaching in authoritative inner vision: true knowledge of ultimate reality (Paramātman) is accessible through jñāna (insight), and the highest principle is affirmed as the same reality recognized by both Sāṅkhya and Yoga traditions.
Vaiśampāyana introduces a cosmological account, stating that he will describe what occurred at the beginning of the cosmic cycle as he has ‘seen’ it through spiritual knowledge, and he identifies the subject of his discourse as the Paramātman spoken of by Sāṅkhya-Yoga experts.