Shloka 99
अनन्त इति कृत्वा स नित्यं केवलमेव च । धर्माधर्मो पुण्यपापे सत्यासत्ये तथैव च
ananta iti kṛtvā sa nityaṃ kevalam eva ca | dharmādharmo puṇyapāpe satyāsatye tathaiva ca
‘अनन्त’ मानकर वह सदा केवल उसी में स्थिर रहा। तब उसकी दृष्टि में धर्म-अधर्म, पुण्य-पाप तथा सत्य-असत्य—ये सब भेद समान हो गए, और बन्धनकारी न रहे।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Single-pointed absorption in the Infinite (Ananta) dissolves the binding force of moral dualities—dharma/adharma, merit/sin, truth/falsehood—by shifting one’s standpoint from worldly evaluation to the unconditioned reality.
Bhīṣma continues an instruction in Śānti Parva, describing a person who, by contemplating the Lord as Ananta and clinging to Him alone, transcends ordinary oppositional categories that govern ethical and social life.