Shloka 112
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
इत्येवं विंशकश्नैव गुणा: सप्त च ये स्मृता: । विधि: शुक्र बल॑ चेति त्रय एते गुणा: परे
ity evaṁ viṁśakaś caiva guṇāḥ sapta ca ye smṛtāḥ | vidhiḥ śukra-balaṁ ceti traya ete guṇāḥ pare ||
भीष्म ने कहा—“इस प्रकार वे बीस गुण और वे सात गुण, जो परम्परा से स्मरण किए जाते हैं, कहे गए। इनके परे तीन उच्च तत्त्व हैं—विधि, शुक्र और बल।”
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma summarizes a prior enumeration of qualities (a group of twenty and another of seven) and then points to three ‘higher’ determinants—vidhi (normative ordinance or prescribed rule), śukra (generative essence/potency), and bala (strength)—as especially significant in the framework he is explaining.
In the didactic discourse of Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma is concluding or transitioning from a detailed list of qualities already taught, and he adds a further classification by naming three superior principles that stand beyond the earlier enumerations.