Shloka 13
Yoga, Nārāyaṇa as Supreme Principle, and the Emanation of Categories
Sāṅkhya-Yoga Outline
अहिरेव हाहे: पादान् पश्यतीति हि नः श्रुतम् तद्वन्मूर्तिषु मूर्तिस्थं ज्ञेयं ज्ञानेन पश्यति
ahir eva hāheḥ pādān paśyatīti hi naḥ śrutam | tadvan mūrtiṣu mūrtisthaṃ jñeyaṃ jñānena paśyati ||
Wika ni Bhishma: “Narinig namin na tanging ang ahas lamang ang nakakakilala sa ‘mga paa’ ng ahas. Gayon din, sa loob ng lahat ng may katawan, ang Sariling dapat makilala na nananahan sa katawan ay natatanaw lamang sa pamamagitan ng tunay na kaalaman.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The indwelling Self (ātman), though present in every body, is not grasped by the senses or external observation; it is realized only through jñāna—disciplined insight and discriminative knowledge.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhishma teaches Yudhiṣṭhira using an analogy: just as a serpent alone can recognize the serpent’s (hidden/imperceptible) feet, only knowledge enables one to recognize the subtle Self within embodied beings.