Shloka 10
अव्यक्त–व्यक्त–कारणकार्यविवेकः
Avyakta–Vyakta and Causality: Discrimination of Field and Knower
इन्द्रियेभ्यो मन: पूर्व बुद्धि: परतरा ततः । बुद्धेः परतरं ज्ञानं ज्ञानातू परतरं महत्
indriyebhyo manaḥ pūrvaṁ buddhiḥ paratarā tataḥ | buddheḥ parataraṁ jñānaṁ jñānāt parataraṁ mahat ||
Bhīṣma dit : «Au-delà des sens se tient le mental ; au-delà du mental se tient l’intellect (buddhi). Au-delà de l’intellect est la connaissance véritable (jñāna), et au-delà de la connaissance est la Réalité suprême, le Grand Soi (Paramātman).»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches a graded inner ascent: senses are to be governed by mind, mind by discerning intellect, intellect by realized knowledge, and knowledge culminates in the Supreme Reality (mahat). Ethical life and liberation depend on moving from outward impulses to inward clarity and ultimate Self-realization.
In Shanti Parva’s instruction to Yudhishthira, Bhishma continues his discourse on dharma and the means to peace and liberation, presenting a concise hierarchy of human faculties to show how self-control and right understanding lead toward the highest Self.