Shloka 23
मनुरुवाच — इन्द्रिय-मनः-ज्ञान-क्रमः
Manu on the hierarchy of senses, mind, and knowledge
अथवा यदि वह परब्रह्मका सायुज्य नहीं प्राप्त करना चाहता तो देवयानमार्गपर स्थित हो ऊपरके लोकोंमें गमन करता है, अर्थात् परब्रह्म परमात्माके परम धाममें चला जाता है। पुनः इस संसारमें कहीं जन्म नहीं लेता ।।
ātmabuddhyā samāsthāya śāntībhūto nirāmayaḥ | amṛtaṁ virajaḥ śuddham ātmānaṁ pratipadyate ||
Wika ni Bhishma: Nakatatag sa pagkaunawa sa Sarili, naging mapayapa at walang dinaramdam, natatamo ng yogin ang walang-kamatayang Sarili—walang dungis, walang pagnanasa, at dalisay.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that liberation is attained through firm establishment in Self-knowledge (ātmabuddhi). When the mind becomes peaceful and free from affliction, one realizes the immortal, stainless, passionless, and pure ātman.
In the Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and the path beyond sorrow. Here he describes the inner state of a realized yogin and the culmination of spiritual practice as direct attainment of the pure Self.