Shloka 58
मनु-उपदेशः — भूत-उत्पत्ति, इन्द्रिय-निवृत्ति, तथा पर-स्वभाव-विवेकः
Manu’s Instruction on Elemental Origination, Sense-Withdrawal, and Discrimination of the Supreme Nature
न चात्मा शक््यते द्रष्टमिन्द्रियैश्न विभागश: । तत्र तत्र विसृष्टैश्न दुर्वार्यश्षाकृतात्मभि:
na cātmā śakyate draṣṭum indriyaiḥ na vibhāgaśaḥ | tatra tatra visṛṣṭaiḥ na durvāryaiḥ akṛtātmabhiḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。「真我（Self）は感官によって直接に見られるものではなく、また部分に分けて捉えられるものでもない。己が心を制し得ぬ者――感官が抗しがたく外へと駆られ、次々と対象を追う者――は、真我を悟ることができない。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Self-realization is not a sensory achievement: the Ātman is beyond the reach of the outward-driven senses. Without self-mastery (especially restraint of the senses and mind), one cannot attain direct knowledge of the Self.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhīṣma continues teaching about inner discipline. He explains to the listener that uncontrolled senses scatter toward objects and thereby obstruct the realization of the Ātman.