Shloka 94
Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)
अपां गुणांस्तथा पार्थ पार्थिवांश्व गुणानपि । सर्वाण्येव गुणैव्याप्य क्षेत्रज्ञेषु युधिष्ठिर
apāṁ guṇāṁs tathā pārtha pārthivāṁś ca guṇān api | sarvāṇy eva guṇair vyāpya kṣetrajñeṣu yudhiṣṭhira bharatanandana | dharmātmā rājā yudhiṣṭhira parabraḥma paramātmā sāttvika-rājasa-tāmasa-guṇān buddhi-mana-ākāśa-vāyu-tejo-jala-pṛthivī-eteṣāṁ sarva-guṇān anyāni ca sarva-vastūni svaguṇair vyāpya sarveṣu kṣetrajñeṣu tiṣṭhati prabho | yathā śiṣyaḥ svaguroḥ pṛṣṭhato gacchati tathā mana indriyāṇi ca śubhāśubha-karmāṇi ca jīvātmanaḥ pṛṣṭhato ’nugacchanti | yadā jīvātmā indriyāṇi prakṛtiṁ ca tyaktvā gacchati tadā nārāyaṇa-svarūpaṁ dvandva-rahitaṁ māyātītaṁ avināśinaṁ paramātmānaṁ prāpnoti ||
Wahai putra Pṛthā, wahai Yudhiṣṭhira kebanggaan Bharata: setelah meliputi dengan sifat-Nya sendiri sifat-sifat air dan bumi—bahkan sifat-sifat segala sesuatu—Brahman Tertinggi, Diri Mahatinggi, bersemayam dalam semua kṣetrajña (diri-diri yang berjasad). Seperti murid mengikuti guru, demikian pula pikiran, indria, dan perbuatan baik maupun buruk mengikuti jīva. Ketika jīva pergi, meninggalkan indria dan Prakṛti sekalipun, ia mencapai Yang Tak-Binasā itu—Nārāyaṇa pada hakikatnya—bebas dari dualitas dan melampaui ilusi.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Supreme Self (Paramatma/Parabrahman) pervades all qualities and elements and dwells within all embodied knowers (kṣetrajñas). Liberation is described as the self’s departure beyond senses and prakṛti, culminating in attainment of the imperishable Narayana who is beyond dualities and māyā.
In Shanti Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma continues his philosophical counsel to King Yudhishthira, explaining how the Supreme pervades the cosmos and how mind, senses, and karmic residues accompany the individual self—until, through transcendence of prakṛti, the self reaches the Supreme.