Shloka 26
प्रजापतयः देवगणाश्च दिशि-दिशि स्थिताः ऋषयः
Prajāpatis, Deva-Groups, and the Ṛṣis Assigned to the Directions
रसैविंमुक्तं विविधैश्व गन्धै- रशब्दमस्पर्शमरूपवच्च । अग्राह्मुमव्यक्तमवर्णमेक॑ पज्चप्रकारान् ससृजे प्रजानाम्
rasair vimuktaṁ vividhaiś ca gandhair aśabdam asparśam arūpavat ca | agrāhyam avyaktam avarṇam ekaṁ pañca-prakārān sasṛje prajānām ||
Wika ni Bhishma: “Ang Katotohanang iyon ay malaya sa lahat ng lasa at sa bawat uri ng halimuyak. Wala itong tunog, wala itong haplos, at wala itong anyo. Hindi ito masaklaw ng isip, talino, o pananalita; ito’y di-nahahayag, iisa at walang kapantay, lampas sa kulay at paglalarawan. Gayunman, mula sa mismong di-masambit na pinagmulan na iyon, alang-alang sa mga nilalang, nalilikha ang limang bagay ng karanasan—anyo, lasa, amoy, haplos, at tunog.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The supreme principle is beyond the senses and beyond mental or verbal grasp—formless, unmanifest, and non-dual—yet it is the source from which the five sense-objects (sound, touch, form, taste, smell) arise. Ethically, it points to detachment: do not mistake sensory qualities for the ultimate, even though they appear within it.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on liberation and right understanding, Bhishma continues his discourse to Yudhishthira by describing the nature of the highest Reality and explaining how the world of sensory experience proceeds from what is itself beyond all sensory attributes.