Shloka 15
पूतात्मा परमात्मा च मुक्तानां परमा गति: । अव्यय: पुरुष: साक्षी क्षेत्रज्ञो5क्षर एव च
pūtātmā paramātmā ca muktānāṁ paramā gatiḥ | avyayaḥ puruṣaḥ sākṣī kṣetrajño 'kṣara eva ca ||
ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ସେଇ ପୂତାତ୍ମା ଓ ସେଇ ପରମାତ୍ମା; ମୁକ୍ତମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ସେଇ ପରମ ଗତି। ସେ ଅବ୍ୟୟ—ଦେହାନ୍ତର୍ବର୍ତ୍ତୀ ପୁରୁଷ; ସେ ସାକ୍ଷୀ; ସେ କ୍ଷେତ୍ରଜ୍ଞ (ଦେହ-ପ୍ରକୃତିକୁ ଜାଣୁଥିବା); ଏବଂ ସେଇ ଅକ୍ଷର—ଅକ୍ଷୟ।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies the highest reality as the pure and supreme Self—imperishable, the inner Person, the witnessing consciousness, and the knower of the body-field—teaching that liberation culminates in realizing and attaining this Supreme Self as the ultimate goal.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues his post-war instruction on dharma and higher wisdom, describing the nature of the Supreme Self to guide the listener toward ethical living grounded in self-knowledge and the pursuit of liberation.