Shloka 17
अव्यक्त–व्यक्त–कारणकार्यविवेकः
Avyakta–Vyakta and Causality: Discrimination of Field and Knower
बुद्धि: कर्मगुणैहीना यदा मनसि वर्तते । तदा सम्पद्यते ब्रह्म तत्रैव प्रलयं गतम्
buddhiḥ karmaguṇair hīnā yadā manasi vartate | tadā sampadyate brahma tatraiva pralayaṃ gatam ||
ビーシュマは語った。「知性（ブッディ）が行為によって生じた諸性質から解き放たれ、心の内奥の座に堅く安住するとき、個我はブラフマンに到達し—その場で至上の実在へと溶け入る。解脱は外面的な行いのみでは得られず、業に生まれた傾向への内なる離欲と、静まり清められた覚知によって成就する。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation occurs when buddhi (discriminative intellect) is freed from karma-born guṇas—habitual tendencies generated by action and attachment—and becomes inwardly steady; then the self is absorbed into Brahman.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Bhīṣma teaches Yudhiṣṭhira a contemplative doctrine: the culmination of spiritual practice is the mind’s inward stabilization and the dissolution of individuality into Brahman.