Shloka 36
Vyaktāvyakta-Viveka and Nivṛtti as Paramā Gati
Manifest–Unmanifest Discrimination and the Supreme Path of Withdrawal
एते भावा जगत् सर्व वहन्ति सचराचरम् | श्रिता विरजसं देव॑ यमाहु: प्रकृतेः परम्
ete bhāvā jagat sarva vahanti sacarācaram | śritā virajasaṃ devaṃ yam āhuḥ prakṛteḥ param ||
Bhīṣma sprach: „Diese grundlegenden Zustände und Prinzipien tragen das ganze Weltall — alles Bewegte und Unbewegte. Sie ruhen auf jenem makellosen, von rajas freien göttlichen Wesen, das die Weisen als jenseits von Prakṛti (der materiellen Natur) bezeichnen.“
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
All cosmic functions and the entire animate–inanimate world are upheld by deeper principles, yet ultimately depend upon a transcendent, rajas-free Divine reality that stands beyond material nature (Prakriti).
In Shanti Parva’s instruction, Bhishma continues his philosophical exposition to Yudhishthira, explaining the metaphysical basis of the universe and pointing to a supreme principle beyond Prakriti upon which all states of existence rely.