Shloka 54
श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः
Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma
स यावदेवास्ति सशेषभुक् ते प्रजाश्न देव्या च तथैव शुक्ले । तावत् तदज्लेषु विशुद्धभाव: संयम्य पज्चेन्द्रियरूपमेतत्
sa yāvad evāsti saśeṣabhuk te prajāśna devyā ca tathaiva śukle | tāvat tad-ajñeṣu viśuddhabhāvaḥ saṁyamya pañcendriyarūpam etat ||
ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ— ବିଶୁଦ୍ଧଭାବସମ୍ପନ୍ନ ସେହି ସିଦ୍ଧପୁରୁଷ ଯେତେଦିନ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଶେଷ ପ୍ରାରବ୍ଧ କର୍ମଫଳ ଭୋଗ କରନ୍ତି, ସେତେଦିନ ପଞ୍ଚେନ୍ଦ୍ରିୟରୂପ ଏହି କରଣସମୂହକୁ ସଂଯମରେ ରଖନ୍ତି। ସେହି ସମୟରେ ତାଙ୍କ ଦେହରେ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରିୟମାନଙ୍କର ଅଧିଷ୍ଠାତୃ ଦେବତାମାନେ ଓ ଅପରା-ପରା—ଦୁଇ ଧରଣର ବିଦ୍ୟାଶକ୍ତିମାନେ ନିବାସ କରନ୍ତି।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even a purified, perfected person may continue in a body due to residual (prārabdha) karma; during this period, liberation is safeguarded by strict restraint of the five-sense apparatus, while the powers of knowledge (lower and higher) remain present and operative without bondage.
In Bhishma’s instruction in the Shanti Parva, he describes the condition of a siddha/viśuddhabhāva person: though still living and undergoing the remainder of past karma, he keeps the senses under control; the presiding deities of the senses and the capacities of knowledge are said to reside in his embodied state until that remainder is spent.