Mahabharata — Shanti Parva, Shloka 4736
Nāga-āyatana-darśana-pratīkṣā — The Brāhmaṇa’s Request and Waiting on the Gomatī
सर्वे लोका हि तत्रस्थास्तथा देवा: सहर्षिभि: । नारदजीने कहा--भगवन! मैंने विश्वरूपधारी उन अविनाशी एवं कान्तिमान् परम पुरुषका दर्शन कर लिया। ऋषियोंसहित देवता तथा सम्पूर्ण लोक उन्हींके भीतर विराजमान हैं
sarve lokā hi tatrasthās tathā devāḥ saharṣibhiḥ |
那罗陀说道：“确然，一切世界皆安住于彼处；诸天亦复如是，与诸仙（ṛṣi）同在。”在此语境中，他是在描述对那不坏而光耀、具宇宙之相的至上人格（Purushottama）的观见：整个宇宙——神祇、圣仙与一切境界——皆含摄于其存在之中，显明真正的主宰与归依在于包容万有的神圣，而非有限的世间权势。
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the all-pervasiveness and supremacy of the Divine: all realms, gods, and sages are contained within the Supreme Reality. Ethically, it redirects reverence and reliance away from transient power toward the ultimate ground of dharma and liberation.
Nārada is reporting a visionary realization: he beholds the imperishable, radiant Supreme Person (implied by the surrounding prose) and affirms that the totality of worlds, along with the gods and ṛṣis, are present within that cosmic being.