Shloka 7
अव्यक्त–व्यक्त–कारणकार्यविवेकः
Avyakta–Vyakta and Causality: Discrimination of Field and Knower
विषयेषु तु संसर्गाच्छा श्वतस्य तु संश्रयात् । मनसा चान्यथा कांक्षन् परं न प्रतिपद्यते
viṣayeṣu tu saṃsargāc chāśvatasya tu saṃśrayāt | manasā cānyathā kāṅkṣan paraṃ na pratipadyate ||
ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു— വിഷയങ്ങളോടുള്ള നിരന്തരസമ്പർക്കം കൊണ്ടും അശാശ്വതമായതിനെ ആശ്രയിക്കുന്നതുകൊണ്ടും, മനസ്സിൽ ഉയർന്നതിനെ ആഗ്രഹിച്ചാലും മനുഷ്യൻ പരമത്തെ പ്രാപിക്കുകയില്ല.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attachment formed by repeated contact with sense-objects, and reliance on impermanent supports, prevents realization of the Supreme; even if one intellectually or emotionally longs for the highest, the mind cannot reach it while bound to transient pleasures.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs on dharma and the path to the highest good. Here he explains a psychological-ethical obstacle: habitual sensory involvement and dependence on the non-eternal derail the seeker’s aspiration for the supreme goal.