Shloka 5
अव्यक्त–व्यक्त–कारणकार्यविवेकः
Avyakta–Vyakta and Causality: Discrimination of Field and Knower
अज्ञानतृप्तो विषयेष्ववगाढो न तृप्यते । अदृष्टवच्च भूतात्मा विषयेभ्यो निवर्तते
ajñāna-tṛpto viṣayeṣv avagāḍho na tṛpyate | adṛṣṭa-vac ca bhūtātmā viṣayebhyo nivartate ||
Wika ni Bhishma: Ang taong nasisiyahan lamang sa pamamagitan ng kamangmangan, kahit lumubog nang malalim sa mga bagay na pandama, ay hindi kailanman tunay na nabubusog. At ang kaluluwang may katawan (jīva), na waring itinutulak ng di-nakikitang tadhana, ay muling bumabalik sa mismong mga bagay na iyon—paulit-ulit na bumabalik sa ikot ng karanasan sa halip na umurong tungo sa kaliwanagan at pagpipigil.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ignorance-based satisfaction is unstable: immersion in sense pleasures does not bring real contentment. Because of the unseen force of past karma and habitual craving, the embodied self keeps returning to objects of enjoyment, perpetuating bondage; true peace requires discernment and restraint.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner discipline, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira about the psychology of desire: the jīva, lacking right knowledge, remains caught in repeated pursuit of pleasures and thus circles within worldly experience rather than attaining lasting fulfillment.