Shloka 18
अव्यक्त–व्यक्त–कारणकार्यविवेकः
Avyakta–Vyakta and Causality: Discrimination of Field and Knower
अस्पर्शनमशृण्वानमनास्वादमदर्शनम् । अप्राणमवितर्क च सत्त्वं प्रविशते परम्
asparśanam aśṛṇvānamanāsvādam adarśanam | aprāṇam avitarkaṃ ca sattvaṃ praviśate param, parabrahma paramātmā sparśa-śravaṇa-rasana-darśana-prāṇa-saṅkalpa-vikalpa-se bhī rahita hai; isaliye kevala viśuddha buddhi hī usameṃ praviśa kar pātī hai |
भीष्म म्हणाले—परब्रह्म स्पर्श, श्रवण, स्वाद आणि दर्शन यांच्या पलीकडे आहे; तो प्राणाच्या सामान्य व्यापारापलीकडे आणि संकल्प-विकल्पांपलीकडेही आहे. म्हणून केवळ शुद्ध सत्त्व—विशुद्ध बुद्धी—च त्या परम तत्त्वात प्रवेश करून त्याचे ज्ञान घेऊ शकते।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Supreme (Parabrahman/Paramatman) is not an object of the senses or of discursive thought; realization requires a purified, sattvic intellect that is free from sensory dependence and from saṅkalpa–vikalpa (mental wavering).
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on liberation and right understanding, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira by describing the transcendence of the Supreme Self and the inner discipline—purification of mind/intellect—needed to realize it.