Shloka 6
Yoga, Nārāyaṇa as Supreme Principle, and the Emanation of Categories
Sāṅkhya-Yoga Outline
यथा हिमवत: पार्श्व॑ पृष्ठ चन्द्रमसो यथा । न दृष्टपूर्व मनुजैर्न च तन्नास्ति तावता
bhīṣma uvāca | yathā himavataḥ pārśvaṁ pṛṣṭhaṁ candramaso yathā | na dṛṣṭapūrvaṁ manuṣyair na ca tan nāsti tāvatā ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: Kung paanong hindi pa nakita ng mga tao ang kabilang panig ng Himalaya, ni ang likurang mukha ng buwan, ngunit hindi dahil doon ay masasabi nang wala ang mga panig na iyon—gayundin, ang nananahan sa loob ng lahat ng nilalang na Sarili, ang panloob na tagapamahala, ay likas na kamalayan at lubhang maselan; dahil hindi ito nakikita ng mata, hindi dapat sabihing wala ang Sarili.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Non-perception is not non-existence: the Self (Ātman), present within all beings as the inner ruler and of the nature of consciousness, is too subtle for the eyes; therefore its invisibility cannot be used to deny its reality.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and higher knowledge, Bhishma teaches Yudhiṣṭhira using a concrete analogy (unseen sides of the Himalaya and the moon) to argue that the indwelling Self exists even though it is not directly seen.