Shloka 95
Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)
मनो<नु याति क्षेत्रज्ञ कर्मणी च शुभाशुभे । शिष्या इव महात्मानमिन्द्रियाणि च त॑ प्रभो
mano 'nu yāti kṣetrajñaḥ karmaṇī ca śubhāśubhe | śiṣyā iva mahātmānam indriyāṇi ca taṁ prabho bharatanandana dharmātmā rājā yudhiṣṭhira |
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भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma teaches that the conscious self (kṣetrajña/jīva) is the principal traveler, and that mind, senses, and the moral momentum of good and evil actions accompany it—implying personal responsibility and continuity of ethical consequences beyond a single moment or life.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs King Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and liberation-oriented philosophy. Here he explains how the inner faculties (mind and senses) and one’s accumulated actions ‘follow’ the embodied self, using the simile of disciples following a teacher.