Nāgendra–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda: Praśna-vidhi and Dharmic Approach on the Gomatī Riverbank
उन महात्माकी गतिको कोई नहीं जानता। उनके आगमनका भी यहाँ किसीको कुछ पता नहीं चलता। जो ज्ञानस्वरूप महर्षि हैं, वे ही उन नित्य, अन्तर्यामी एवं अनन्तगुणविभूषित परमात्माका साक्षात्कार करते हैं ।।
tasya mahātmanaḥ gatiṃ kaścid na jānāti | tasya āgamanam api iha kasyacid na kiñcid avagamyate | ye jñānasvarūpā maharṣayaḥ, te eva taṃ nityaṃ antaryāmiṇaṃ anantaguṇavibhūṣitaṃ paramātmānaṃ sākṣātkurvanti || iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi nārāyaṇīye saptacatvāriṃśad-adhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
无人能真知那大我之行迹与归趣;其来临之状,于此亦无人得以觉察。唯有以智慧为体的诸大圣仙,方能亲证彼至上之我(Paramātman)——常住不变,为一切众生之内在主宰(antaryāmin),并具无量功德与威严。——《摩诃婆罗多》寂静篇·解脱法部·那罗延品,第347章竟。
वैशग्पायन उवाच
The Supreme Self cannot be grasped by ordinary inference or social report—His ‘movement’ and ‘advent’ are beyond common knowing. Direct realization belongs to sages established in knowledge, who perceive the eternal indwelling Lord (antaryāmin) endowed with infinite attributes.
Vaiśaṃpāyana concludes a Mokṣa-dharma/Nārāyaṇīya passage by emphasizing the transcendence and immanence of the Supreme: people cannot track or predict Him, while realized seers alone attain immediate vision of Him.