Shloka 55
मनु-उपदेशः — भूत-उत्पत्ति, इन्द्रिय-निवृत्ति, तथा पर-स्वभाव-विवेकः
Manu’s Instruction on Elemental Origination, Sense-Withdrawal, and Discrimination of the Supreme Nature
एवं ये विदुराध्यात्मं केवल ज्ञानमुत्तमम्,जो मनुष्य बुद्धिसे जीवोंके इस आवागमनपर शनै:-शनै: विचार करके उस विशुद्ध एवं उत्तम आध्यात्मिक ज्ञानको प्राप्त कर लेता है, वह परम शान्ति पाता है
evaṁ ye vidur adhyātmaṁ kevalaṁ jñānam uttamam | yo manuṣyaḥ buddhiyā jīvānām asyāvāgamanapar śanaiḥ-śanaiḥ vicārya tad viśuddham uttamam adhyātmika-jñānaṁ prāpnoti sa paramāṁ śāntiṁ prāpnoti ||
Bhishma said: Those who truly understand the inner Self—pure, unsurpassed knowledge—and who, using their intellect, steadily reflect on the coming and going of living beings in this cycle of transmigration, gradually attain that stainless and highest spiritual wisdom. Having attained it, they reach supreme peace.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Steady, discerning reflection on the cycle of transmigration (the coming and going of beings) leads a person to pure, highest spiritual knowledge (adhyātma-jñāna), and that realization culminates in supreme peace.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira on liberation-oriented dharma: he praises the gradual, reasoned pursuit of inner knowledge—associated here with Vidura’s adhyātma teaching—as the means to attain ultimate tranquility.