Shloka 73
Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)
तत्र तान् सुकृतीन् सांख्यान् सूर्यो बहति रश्मिभि: । पद्मतन्तुवदाविश्य प्रवहन् विषयान् नृप
tatra tān sukṛtīn sāṅkhyān sūryo bahati raśmibhiḥ | padma-tantuvad āviśya pravahan viṣayān nṛpa ||
ভীষ্মে ক’লে—হে ৰাজন! তাত সূৰ্যই নিজৰ ৰশ্মিৰে সেই পুণ্যবান সাংখ্যযোগী সিদ্ধসকলৰ ভিতৰত প্ৰৱেশ কৰি, অর্চিৰ্মাৰ্গে তেওঁলোকক ব্ৰহ্মলোকলৈ উৰ্ধ্বলোকসমূহত তেনেদৰে বহন কৰে—যেনেকৈ পদ্মনাল অন্তঃপথে সৰোবৰৰ জল টানি তোলে।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Purified conduct and discriminative knowledge (Sāṅkhya-yoga) culminate in an upward, luminous transition beyond sense-objects; the verse portrays cosmic order assisting the virtuous seeker, symbolized by the Sun guiding them along the path of light toward Brahmaloka.
Bhishma explains to the king that meritorious Sāṅkhya-yogins are borne upward by the Sun’s rays; using the lotus-stalk drawing water as an analogy, he depicts how they are conveyed through higher realms toward Brahmaloka via the arcir-mārga.