Shloka 36
Vyaktāvyakta-Viveka and Nivṛtti as Paramā Gati
Manifest–Unmanifest Discrimination and the Supreme Path of Withdrawal
एते भावा जगत् सर्व वहन्ति सचराचरम् | श्रिता विरजसं देव॑ यमाहु: प्रकृतेः परम्
ete bhāvā jagat sarva vahanti sacarācaram | śritā virajasaṃ devaṃ yam āhuḥ prakṛteḥ param ||
भीष्म ने कहा—ये भाव और तत्त्व समस्त जगत्—चर और अचर—का भार वहन करते हैं। ये सब उस निर्मल, रजोरहित देव के आश्रित हैं, जिसे ज्ञानीजन प्रकृति से परे कहते हैं।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
All cosmic functions and the entire animate–inanimate world are upheld by deeper principles, yet ultimately depend upon a transcendent, rajas-free Divine reality that stands beyond material nature (Prakriti).
In Shanti Parva’s instruction, Bhishma continues his philosophical exposition to Yudhishthira, explaining the metaphysical basis of the universe and pointing to a supreme principle beyond Prakriti upon which all states of existence rely.