Shloka 7
Śānti-parva 206: Guṇa-hetu Moha, Kāma-krodha Chain, Indriya-utpatti, and Nirodha
फल कर्मात्मकं विद्यात् कर्म ज्ञेयात्मकं तथा । ज्ञेयं ज्ञानात्मकं विद्याज्ज्ञानं सदसदात्मकम्
phalaṁ karmātmakaṁ vidyāt karma jñeyātmakaṁ tathā | jñeyaṁ jñānātmakaṁ vidyāj jñānaṁ sad-asad-ātmakam ||
ビーシュマは言った。「『結果』は行為の性質を持つと知るべきである。行為はまた、知られるべきもの（可知の対象の領域）の性質を持つ。知られるべきものは知（ज्ञान）の性質を持つ。しかも知そのものは二重の相を備え、有と無（因と果、顕現とその前の状態）の双方に結びついている。ゆえに、結果を行為へ、行為を知へと遡って観ずれば、倫理的責任と正しい理解とが固く結ばれていることが見えてくる。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a chain of dependence: results are rooted in actions; actions operate within the domain of the knowable (objects/fields that can be apprehended); the knowable is grounded in knowledge; and knowledge relates to both sat and asat (often read as cause and effect, or manifest and unmanifest). Ethically, it implies that transforming one’s outcomes requires refining action, and refining action requires right understanding.
In Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma and higher wisdom after the war. Here he shifts into a philosophical analysis, explaining how action, its fruits, and the structure of knowing interrelate, guiding the listener toward discernment and responsible conduct.