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Shloka 7

मनस्–बुद्धि–गुणविचारः (Manas–Buddhi–Guṇa Inquiry) — Meditation and Nirguṇa Realization

अभयं चानिमित्तं च न तत्‌ क्लेशसमावृतम्‌ । द्वाभ्यां मुक्त त्रिभिर्मुक्तमष्टाभिस्त्रिभिरेव च

abhayaṃ cānimittaṃ ca na tat kleśasamāvṛtam | dvābhyāṃ muktaṃ tribhir muktam aṣṭābhis tribhir eva ca ||

ভীষ্ম বললেন—সেই পরম তত্ত্ব নির্ভয় এবং বাহ্য নিমিত্ত-কারণহীন; তা ক্লেশে আচ্ছন্ন নয়। তা প্রিয়-অপ্রিয় এই দ্বৈত থেকে মুক্ত; সেই প্রতিক্রিয়া জন্মায় যে তিন গুণ থেকে, সেখান থেকেও মুক্ত; এবং দেহধর্মের অষ্টবিধ সংযোগ থেকেও মুক্ত। সেখানে জ্ঞাতা-জ্ঞান-জ্ঞেয়—এই ত্রয়ীরও স্থান নেই; তাই তাকে ক্ষয় ও ভয়াতীত পরমধাম বলা হয়।

अभयम्fearless (state/thing)
अभयम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअभय
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अनिमित्तम्causeless, without motive/cause
अनिमित्तम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअनिमित्त
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तत्that (it)
तत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
क्लेश-समावृतम्covered/enveloped by afflictions
क्लेश-समावृतम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootक्लेशसमावृत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
द्वाभ्याम्by/with two (things)
द्वाभ्याम्:
Karana
TypeNumeral
Rootद्वि
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Dual
मुक्तम्freed, released
मुक्तम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमुक्त
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
त्रिभिःby/with three (things)
त्रिभिः:
Karana
TypeNumeral
Rootत्रि
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
मुक्तम्freed, released
मुक्तम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमुक्त
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अष्टाभिःby/with eight (things)
अष्टाभिः:
Karana
TypeNumeral
Rootअष्टन्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
त्रिभिःby/with three (things)
त्रिभिः:
Karana
TypeNumeral
Rootत्रि
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma

Educational Q&A

The verse characterizes the Supreme as unconditioned and fearless: not obscured by kleśas, not driven by dualities (like/dislike), not constituted by the three guṇas, and transcending the structures of embodied experience—so completely that even the subject–object–knowledge triad is absent.

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on liberation-oriented dharma. Here he describes the nature of the highest abode/Reality by negating layers of bondage—afflictions, dualities, guṇas, and cognitive triads—to guide the listener toward non-attached, discriminative understanding.