Shloka 101
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
राजेन्द्र! नरेश्वर! उन्होंने सम्पूर्ण सांख्य
paśyanti yogāḥ sāṅkhyāś ca svaśāstra-kṛta-lakṣaṇāḥ | iṣṭāniṣṭa-vimuktaṃ hi tasthau brahma parātparam, yudhiṣṭhira ||
Bhīṣma said: “O Yudhiṣṭhira, those who are learned in Sāṅkhya and Yoga, guided by the defining marks taught in their respective treatises, discern that the supreme Brahman stands utterly beyond all dualities of ‘desired’ and ‘undesired’—free from preference and aversion—steadfast and unmoving, transcending even the highest.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the highest reality (Brahman) is beyond the opposites of liking and disliking (iṣṭa/aniṣṭa). True insight—whether framed through Sāṅkhya’s discrimination or Yoga’s discipline—recognizes Brahman as unwavering, unaffected by preference, aversion, or worldly valuation.
In the Śānti Parva instruction, Bhīṣma continues advising King Yudhiṣṭhira on liberation-oriented wisdom. He cites the shared conclusion of Sāṅkhya and Yoga authorities: that Brahman is supremely transcendent and stable, and that liberation involves seeing beyond the mind’s habitual judgments of desirable and undesirable.