Shloka 101
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
राजेन्द्र! नरेश्वर! उन्होंने सम्पूर्ण सांख्य
paśyanti yogāḥ sāṅkhyāś ca svaśāstra-kṛta-lakṣaṇāḥ | iṣṭāniṣṭa-vimuktaṃ hi tasthau brahma parātparam, yudhiṣṭhira ||
Bhīṣma berkata: “Wahai Yudhiṣṭhira, mereka yang arif dalam Sāṅkhya dan Yoga, berpandukan tanda-tanda penentu yang diajarkan dalam śāstra masing-masing, melihat bahawa Brahman Yang Mahatinggi berdiri sepenuhnya melampaui segala dualiti ‘yang diingini’ dan ‘yang tidak diingini’—bebas daripada suka dan benci—teguh tidak berganjak, melampaui bahkan yang tertinggi.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the highest reality (Brahman) is beyond the opposites of liking and disliking (iṣṭa/aniṣṭa). True insight—whether framed through Sāṅkhya’s discrimination or Yoga’s discipline—recognizes Brahman as unwavering, unaffected by preference, aversion, or worldly valuation.
In the Śānti Parva instruction, Bhīṣma continues advising King Yudhiṣṭhira on liberation-oriented wisdom. He cites the shared conclusion of Sāṅkhya and Yoga authorities: that Brahman is supremely transcendent and stable, and that liberation involves seeing beyond the mind’s habitual judgments of desirable and undesirable.