Shloka 176
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
यदि वाप्यस्पृशन्त्या मे स्पर्श जानासि कठ्चन । ज्ञानं कृतमबीजं ते कथं तेनेह भिक्षुणा
yadi vāpy aspṛśantyā me sparśaṁ jānāsi kaścana | jñānaṁ kṛtam abījaṁ te kathaṁ teneha bhikṣuṇā ||
ພີດສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ແມ່ນແຕ່ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າບໍ່ໄດ້ແຕະເຈົ້າ, ຖ້າເຈົ້າຍັງອ້າງວ່າຮູ້ສຶກເຫມືອນຖືກແຕະ, ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈຶ່ງຕ້ອງຖາມ: ນັກບວດຈອນ ມະຫາລິສີ ປັນຈະສິຂະ ຈະສາມາດຖ່າຍທອດປັນຍາແທ້ໃຫ້ເຈົ້າໄດ້ແນວໃດ? ເພາະເຈົ້າໄດ້ເຮັດໃຫ້ປັນຍານັ້ນ ‘ໄຮ້ເມັດ’ ບໍ່ອາດອອກຜົນ ໂດຍການຍຶດຕິດແຕ່ຄວາມຮູ້ສຶກ ແລະຄວາມເຂົ້າໃຈຜິດ».
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma criticizes a mind that mistakes imagined sensation for reality. If one remains trapped in sensory fixation and confusion, even profound instruction becomes “abīja” (seedless)—it cannot mature into realization or ethical transformation.
Bhīṣma addresses an interlocutor who claims to feel ‘touch’ despite no contact. Using this as evidence of delusion, he questions how the ascetic teacher Pañcaśikha could have successfully transmitted liberating knowledge, since the listener’s misunderstanding has made that teaching fruitless.