Shloka 2
दमप्रशंसा — Praise of Self-Restraint
Dama
परम परमात्मानं देवमक्षयमव्ययम् | विष्णुमव्यक्तसंस्थानं विदुस्तं देवसत्तमम्,ऐसे शुद्धात्मा पुरुष ही उस अक्षय, अविनाशी, परमदेव, अव्यक्तस्वरूप, देवप्रवर परमात्मा विष्णुका तत्त्व जान पाते हैं
parama paramātmānaṃ devam akṣayam avyayam | viṣṇum avyaktasaṃsthānaṃ vidus taṃ devasattamam ||
परं परमात्मानं देवं अक्षयम् अव्ययम् । विष्णुमव्यक्तसंस्थानं विदुस्तं देवसत्तमम् ॥
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True knowledge of the Supreme (Viṣṇu/Paramātman) arises in a purified person: inner purity and steadiness enable realization of the imperishable, unmanifest divine reality.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and higher spiritual truths; here he emphasizes that only the pure-minded can truly know the supreme Lord Viṣṇu, described as imperishable and unmanifest.