Shloka 7
मनस्–बुद्धि–गुणविचारः (Manas–Buddhi–Guṇa Inquiry) — Meditation and Nirguṇa Realization
अभयं चानिमित्तं च न तत् क्लेशसमावृतम् । द्वाभ्यां मुक्त त्रिभिर्मुक्तमष्टाभिस्त्रिभिरेव च
abhayaṃ cānimittaṃ ca na tat kleśasamāvṛtam | dvābhyāṃ muktaṃ tribhir muktam aṣṭābhis tribhir eva ca ||
ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ସେଇ ପରମତତ୍ତ୍ୱ ଅଭୟ ଓ ବାହ୍ୟ ନିମିତ୍ତ-କାରଣରହିତ; ତାହା କ୍ଲେଶରେ ଆବୃତ ନୁହେଁ। ତାହା ପ୍ରିୟ-ଅପ୍ରିୟ ଦ୍ୱନ୍ଦ୍ୱରୁ ମୁକ୍ତ; ସେ ଭାବକୁ ଜନ୍ମାଉଥିବା ତିନି ଗୁଣରୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ମୁକ୍ତ; ଏବଂ ଦେହବନ୍ଧର ଅଷ୍ଟବିଧ ସଂକୁଳରୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ମୁକ୍ତ। ସେଠାରେ ଜ୍ଞାତା-ଜ୍ଞାନ-ଜ୍ଞେୟ—ଏହି ତ୍ରିପୁଟୀର ମଧ୍ୟ ଅଭାବ; ତେଣୁ ତାହାକୁ କ୍ଷୟ ଓ ଭୟାତୀତ ପରମଧାମ ବୋଲି ଶିଖାଯାଏ।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse characterizes the Supreme as unconditioned and fearless: not obscured by kleśas, not driven by dualities (like/dislike), not constituted by the three guṇas, and transcending the structures of embodied experience—so completely that even the subject–object–knowledge triad is absent.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on liberation-oriented dharma. Here he describes the nature of the highest abode/Reality by negating layers of bondage—afflictions, dualities, guṇas, and cognitive triads—to guide the listener toward non-attached, discriminative understanding.