Shloka 15
पूतात्मा परमात्मा च मुक्तानां परमा गति: । अव्यय: पुरुष: साक्षी क्षेत्रज्ञो5क्षर एव च
pūtātmā paramātmā ca muktānāṁ paramā gatiḥ | avyayaḥ puruṣaḥ sākṣī kṣetrajño 'kṣara eva ca ||
Bhīṣma dit : Il est le Soi pur et le Soi suprême ; pour les libérés, Il est le but le plus élevé. Il est impérissable — le Puruṣa demeurant dans le corps —, le Témoin qui voit tout sans entrave. Il est le Connaisseur du champ (corps et nature), et véritablement l’Akṣara, l’Inaltérable.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies the highest reality as the pure and supreme Self—imperishable, the inner Person, the witnessing consciousness, and the knower of the body-field—teaching that liberation culminates in realizing and attaining this Supreme Self as the ultimate goal.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues his post-war instruction on dharma and higher wisdom, describing the nature of the Supreme Self to guide the listener toward ethical living grounded in self-knowledge and the pursuit of liberation.