Shloka 77
Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)
सत्त्वं वहति शुद्धात्मन् परं नारायण प्रभुम् प्रभुर्वहति शुद्धात्मा परमात्मानमात्मना
sattvaṁ vahati śuddhātman paraṁ nārāyaṇa prabhum | prabhur vahati śuddhātmā paramātmānam ātmanā ||
ビーシュマは言った。「おお清浄なる者よ、サットヴァ（sattva）はヨーギーを至上主ナーラーヤナ（Nārāyaṇa）へと運ぶ。そしてその主—本質において完全に清浄なる御方—は、自らの威力によって求道者をパラマートマン（Paramātman）へと導き入れる。かくして、段階的な高揚—まず自性の精錬、最後に神の恩寵—によって、無垢のヨーギーは不死の境地に到り、再び戻ることはない。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Purification through sattva elevates the seeker toward the Supreme Lord, but final liberation is completed by the Lord’s own agency—He brings the purified soul into realization/union with the Paramātman, resulting in immortality and non-return.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction in Śānti Parva, he describes a graded ascent of the yogin: inner purity (sattva) carries one toward Nārāyaṇa, and then Nārāyaṇa Himself consummates the journey by granting entry into the supreme state (Paramātman), after which the liberated do not return to worldly existence.