Shloka 17
Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)
ज्ञानविज्ञानसम्पन्ना: कारणैभाविता: शुभा: | प्राप्तुवन्ति शुभं मोक्ष सूक्ष्मा इव नभ: परम्
jñānavijñānasampannāḥ kāraṇair bhāvitāḥ śubhāḥ | prāpnuvanti śubhaṃ mokṣaṃ sūkṣmā iva nabhaḥ param ||
Bhishma dit : Ceux qui sont pourvus à la fois de la connaissance vraie (jñāna) et du discernement réalisé (vijñāna), et dont l’être intérieur a été affiné par les causes justes—disciplines pures et compréhension droite—atteignent l’état heureux de la délivrance. Devenus subtils, ils parviennent à l’étendue suprême, tels des éléments ténus se résorbant dans le plus haut des cieux.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is attained by those who unite jñāna (right understanding) with vijñāna (lived, discriminative realization) and who are inwardly purified by the proper causes—disciplines and conditions that refine the mind—becoming subtle enough to reach the supreme state.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on peace, dharma, and the paths to the highest good. Here he summarizes the destiny of accomplished seekers: purified knowers attain auspicious mokṣa, likened to subtle beings merging into the highest sky.