Shloka 98
Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)
शिष्टं तत्र मनस्तात इन्द्रियाणि च भारत । आगच्छन्ति यथाकालं गुरो: संदेशकारिण:
śiṣṭaṃ tatra manas tāta indriyāṇi ca bhārata | āgacchanti yathākālaṃ guroḥ saṃdeśakāriṇaḥ ||
Bhīṣma dit : «Mon enfant, ô Bhārata, là-bas l’esprit et les sens demeurent comme un reste. Ô descendant de Bharata, ils vont et viennent en leur temps, tels des disciples qui n’agissent qu’en conformité avec l’ordre du maître.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even for one who is liberated while living, the mind and senses may continue to function due to residual momentum (prārabdha). Yet they no longer rule the person; they operate in an orderly, time-bound way, like disciplined students obeying a guru.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira in the Śānti Parva, he explains the post-realization condition: the self is established in the Supreme, while the remaining psycho-physical instruments (mind and senses) continue their limited activity until the body’s destined course ends.