Shloka 107
Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)
कुन्तीनन्दन! ऐसी प्रसिद्धि है कि यह सांख्यशास्त्र ही उस निराकार परमात्माका आकार है। भरतश्रेष्ठ! जितने ज्ञान हैं, वे सब सांख्यकी ही मान्यताका प्रतिपादन करते हैं ।।
dvividhānīha bhūtāni pṛthivyāṃ pṛthivīpate | jaḍam āgama-saṃjñāni jaṅgamaṃ tu viśiṣyate ||
ビーシュマは言った。「クンティの子よ、広く伝えられているのは、このサーンキヤの教えこそが無相のパラマートマンの『形』であるということだ。バーラタ族の最勝者よ、あらゆる知はサーンキヤの見解を証し立てる。さらに、大地の主よ、この地上の存在は伝承の説くとおり二種——不動のものと動くもの——に分かれる。そのうち動くものが勝れているとされる。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse classifies earthly beings into two categories—immobile (sthāvara/jaḍa) and mobile (jaṅgama)—and states that mobile beings are superior, aligning with traditional/scriptural classifications used in ethical and philosophical discussions about life, agency, and responsibility.
In the Shanti Parva instruction, Bhishma continues advising the king (Yudhishthira) on philosophical and dharmic principles; here he introduces a basic ontological division of living beings as a foundation for further reasoning about value, conduct, and governance.