Shloka 72
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
सन: सनत्सुजातश्चव सनक: ससनन्दन: । सनत्कुमार: कपिल: सप्तमश्न॒ सनातन:
sanaḥ sanatsujātaś caiva sanakaḥ sasanandanaḥ | sanatkumāraḥ kapilaḥ saptamaś ca sanātanaḥ ||
毗舍波耶那说道：“萨那、萨那特苏迦多、萨那迦、萨难陀那、萨那特库玛罗、迦毗罗，以及第七位萨那多那——这七位仙人被称为梵天心生之子。他们安住于直接的灵性证知，栖止于出离之道（nivṛtti）。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights an ideal of spiritual authority: sages who are ‘mind-born’ of Brahmā and established in realized knowledge (vijñāna) exemplify nivṛtti-dharma—renunciation and inward turning toward liberation rather than worldly striving.
Vaiśampāyana enumerates seven revered sages—Sana, Sanatsujāta, Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatkumāra, Kapila, and Sanātana—presenting them as Brahmā’s mental progeny and as exemplars of renunciant wisdom within the Śānti Parva’s broader instruction on dharma.