Shloka 111
Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)
विपर्यये तस्य हि पार्थ देवान् गच्छन्ति सांख्या: सततं सुखेन । तांश्ानुसंचार्य ततः कृतार्था: पतन्ति विप्रेषु यतेषु भूख:
viparyaye tasya hi pārtha devān gacchanti sāṅkhyāḥ satataṃ sukhena | tānś cānusaṃcārya tataḥ kṛtārthāḥ patanti vipreṣu yateṣu bhūyaḥ |
भीष्म म्हणाले—हे पार्थ! साधनेत काही विपर्यास किंवा उणीव राहिली आणि सांख्याचे सम्यक् ज्ञान पूर्णपणे प्राप्त झाले नाही तरीही सांख्ययोगाचे साधक देवलोकास जातात व तेथे सतत सुखाने निवास करतात. देवांमध्ये संचार करून अभिष्ट फल प्राप्त झाल्यावर, पुण्य क्षीण झाल्यावर ते पुन्हा या लोकात येऊन साधनेसाठी प्रयत्नशील, संयमी ब्राह्मणांच्या कुलात जन्म घेतात.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even if a Sāṅkhya practitioner fails to attain complete, correct realization due to some defect or reversal in practice, the effort is not wasted: it yields heavenly well-being, and after that merit is spent, the person is reborn in a conducive, disciplined environment (among striving Brahmins) to continue the pursuit.
Bhishma instructs Arjuna about the posthumous trajectory of an imperfect but sincere Sāṅkhya practitioner: ascent to the divine realm, enjoyment and fulfillment there, followed by return to human birth in spiritually favorable households to resume disciplined practice.