Shloka 42
Vyaktāvyakta-Viveka and Nivṛtti as Paramā Gati
Manifest–Unmanifest Discrimination and the Supreme Path of Withdrawal
अग्निर्यथा हुपायेन मथित्वा दारु दृश्यते । तथैवात्मा शरीरस्थो योगेनैवात्र दृश्यते
agnir yathā upāyena mathitvā dāru dṛśyate | tathaivātmā śarīrastho yogenaivātra dṛśyate ||
ভীষ্ম ক’লে—যেনে যথাযথ উপায়ে কাঠ মন্থন কৰিলে তাত নিহিত অগ্নি প্ৰকাশ পায়, তেনেদৰে দেহস্থ আত্মাও ইয়াত যোগৰ দ্বাৰাই দৰ্শনীয় হয়।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Self is present within the body but is not an object of ordinary perception; it is made manifest through yoga, just as fire hidden in wood is revealed by the right method of churning.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on liberation-oriented dharma; here he uses a practical analogy (fire in wood) to clarify how spiritual discipline leads to direct realization of the indwelling Self.