Shloka 51
यस्मादगाधादव्यक्तादुत्तीर्णस्त्वं सनातनात् । तस्मात् त्वं विरजाश्वैव वितमस्कश्न पार्थिव,राजन! तुम मेरा उपदेश पाकर इस अव्यक्त, अगाध एवं प्रवाहरूपमें सदा रहनेवाले भवसागरसे पार हो गये हो, इसलिये अब तुम रजोगुण और तमोगुणसे भी रहित हो गये हो
yasmād agādhād avyaktād uttīrṇas tvaṃ sanātanāt | tasmāt tvaṃ virajāś caiva vitamaskaś ca pārthiva ||
Bhishma said: “Since you have crossed beyond the unfathomable, unmanifest, beginningless ocean of becoming, therefore, O king, you have now become free from rajas and free from tamas as well.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that one who truly crosses the 'unmanifest and unfathomable' condition of worldly becoming attains inner purification: freedom from rajas (restless passion) and tamas (delusion and inertia). This is presented as a mark of mature dharma—clarity, restraint, and steadiness suitable for righteous life and rule.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction to the king, Bhishma praises the listener’s progress: by receiving and assimilating the teaching, the king is said to have crossed the ever-flowing ocean of worldly existence, and thus become free from the lower gunas (rajas and tamas), moving toward a more sattvic, discerning state.