Shloka 99
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
अनन्त इति कृत्वा स नित्यं केवलमेव च । धर्माधर्मो पुण्यपापे सत्यासत्ये तथैव च
ananta iti kṛtvā sa nityaṃ kevalam eva ca | dharmādharmo puṇyapāpe satyāsatye tathaiva ca
Bhīṣma berkata: Setelah demikian memandang-Nya sebagai “Ananta” (Yang Tak Berhingga), ia pun senantiasa teguh terpaut pada-Nya semata. Dalam penglihatan itu, pertentangan yang lazim—dharma dan adharma, pahala dan dosa, kebenaran dan ketidakbenaran—semuanya menjadi sama (tidak lagi mengikat atau memecah pemahamannya).
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Single-pointed absorption in the Infinite (Ananta) dissolves the binding force of moral dualities—dharma/adharma, merit/sin, truth/falsehood—by shifting one’s standpoint from worldly evaluation to the unconditioned reality.
Bhīṣma continues an instruction in Śānti Parva, describing a person who, by contemplating the Lord as Ananta and clinging to Him alone, transcends ordinary oppositional categories that govern ethical and social life.