Shloka 20
मनुरुवाच — इन्द्रिय-मनः-ज्ञान-क्रमः
Manu on the hierarchy of senses, mind, and knowledge
ध्यानक्रियापरो युक्तो ध्यानवान् ध्याननिश्चय: । ध्याने समाधिमुत्पाद्य तदपि त्यजति क्रमात्
dhyānakriyāparo yukto dhyānavān dhyānaniścayaḥ | dhyāne samādhimutpādya tad api tyajati kramāt ||
तो ध्यानरूप क्रियेत सदैव तत्पर, संयमी, ध्याननिष्ठ व दृढनिश्चयी असतो. ध्यानाने समाधी उत्पन्न करून, पुढे क्रमाने त्या ध्यानक्रियेलाही त्यागतो.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Meditation is a disciplined means that culminates in samādhi and direct insight; once that culmination is reached, even the act of meditating is gradually relinquished—signifying non-attachment to methods and resting in realized awareness.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhīṣma continues advising on yogic practice: he describes the practitioner’s progression from sustained meditation to samādhi, and then to a stage where the practitioner no longer clings even to the practice itself.