Shloka 111
Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)
विपर्यये तस्य हि पार्थ देवान् गच्छन्ति सांख्या: सततं सुखेन । तांश्ानुसंचार्य ततः कृतार्था: पतन्ति विप्रेषु यतेषु भूख:
viparyaye tasya hi pārtha devān gacchanti sāṅkhyāḥ satataṃ sukhena | tānś cānusaṃcārya tataḥ kṛtārthāḥ patanti vipreṣu yateṣu bhūyaḥ |
ビーシュマは言った。「おおパールタよ、たとえ修行に転倒や欠落があって、サーンキヤ（数論）の完全で正しい知が得られなかったとしても、サーンキヤの規律に従う者たちはなお神々の世界へ赴き、そこで絶えず安楽のうちに住する。彼らは諸天の間を巡って望む果報を得、功徳が尽きるとこの世に再び落ちて、精進し自制するバラモンの家に生まれ、目的へ向かう努力を新たにするのだ。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even if a Sāṅkhya practitioner fails to attain complete, correct realization due to some defect or reversal in practice, the effort is not wasted: it yields heavenly well-being, and after that merit is spent, the person is reborn in a conducive, disciplined environment (among striving Brahmins) to continue the pursuit.
Bhishma instructs Arjuna about the posthumous trajectory of an imperfect but sincere Sāṅkhya practitioner: ascent to the divine realm, enjoyment and fulfillment there, followed by return to human birth in spiritually favorable households to resume disciplined practice.