Shloka 55
मनु-उपदेशः — भूत-उत्पत्ति, इन्द्रिय-निवृत्ति, तथा पर-स्वभाव-विवेकः
Manu’s Instruction on Elemental Origination, Sense-Withdrawal, and Discrimination of the Supreme Nature
एवं ये विदुराध्यात्मं केवल ज्ञानमुत्तमम्,जो मनुष्य बुद्धिसे जीवोंके इस आवागमनपर शनै:-शनै: विचार करके उस विशुद्ध एवं उत्तम आध्यात्मिक ज्ञानको प्राप्त कर लेता है, वह परम शान्ति पाता है
evaṁ ye vidur adhyātmaṁ kevalaṁ jñānam uttamam | yo manuṣyaḥ buddhiyā jīvānām asyāvāgamanapar śanaiḥ-śanaiḥ vicārya tad viśuddham uttamam adhyātmika-jñānaṁ prāpnoti sa paramāṁ śāntiṁ prāpnoti ||
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भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Steady, discerning reflection on the cycle of transmigration (the coming and going of beings) leads a person to pure, highest spiritual knowledge (adhyātma-jñāna), and that realization culminates in supreme peace.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira on liberation-oriented dharma: he praises the gradual, reasoned pursuit of inner knowledge—associated here with Vidura’s adhyātma teaching—as the means to attain ultimate tranquility.