Shloka 15
पूतात्मा परमात्मा च मुक्तानां परमा गति: । अव्यय: पुरुष: साक्षी क्षेत्रज्ञो5क्षर एव च
pūtātmā paramātmā ca muktānāṁ paramā gatiḥ | avyayaḥ puruṣaḥ sākṣī kṣetrajño 'kṣara eva ca ||
ಭೀಷ್ಮನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಅವನೇ ಪೂತಾತ್ಮ, ಅವನೇ ಪರಮಾತ್ಮ; ಮುಕ್ತರಿಗೆ ಅವನೇ ಪರಮ ಗತಿ. ಅವನು ಅವ್ಯಯ—ದೇಹಾಂತರ್ವರ್ತಿಯಾದ ಪುರುಷ; ಅವನು ಸಾಕ್ಷಿ; ಅವನು ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಜ್ಞ (ದೇಹ-ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಯನ್ನು ತಿಳಿದವನು); ಅವನೇ ಅಕ್ಷರ—ಕ್ಷಯರಹಿತನು.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies the highest reality as the pure and supreme Self—imperishable, the inner Person, the witnessing consciousness, and the knower of the body-field—teaching that liberation culminates in realizing and attaining this Supreme Self as the ultimate goal.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues his post-war instruction on dharma and higher wisdom, describing the nature of the Supreme Self to guide the listener toward ethical living grounded in self-knowledge and the pursuit of liberation.