Shloka 102
Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)
अनादिमध्यनिधन निर्दद्ध कर्त शाश्वतम् कूटस्थं चैव नित्यं च यद् वदन्ति मनीषिण:
anādimadhyanidhanaṃ nirdvandvaṃ kartṛ śāśvatam | kūṭasthaṃ caiva nityaṃ ca yad vadanti manīṣiṇaḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。賢者たちは、ブラフマンは始めも中ほども終わりもなく、あらゆる二元を離れ、世界の顕現の背後にある原因としての永遠の基盤であり、不変にして堅固、常に在るものだと説く。この教えにおける最高の倫理的指針とは、究極の実在が争いにも変化にも揺るがぬことを悟り、移ろう対立ではなく、その不動の真実に自らの行いを合わせることである。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Brahman, the highest reality, is described as beginningless, endless, beyond all dualities, and unchanging. The verse teaches that ultimate truth is stable and eternal, so wisdom and right conduct should be grounded in that unshaken reality rather than in temporary opposites and changing circumstances.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and liberation. Here he shifts to a philosophical definition of Brahman, presenting how sages characterize the absolute as eternal, non-dual, and the underlying cause of the world.