Shloka 18
Vyaktāvyakta-Viveka and Nivṛtti as Paramā Gati
Manifest–Unmanifest Discrimination and the Supreme Path of Withdrawal
काल-क्रमसे युगादिमें जब-जब जो-जो वस्तु भासित होती है, लोक-व्यवहारवश तब- तब उसी-उसी विषयका ज्ञान प्रकट होता रहता है
kāla-krameṇa yugādau yadā yadā yo yo viṣayo bhāsate, lokavyavahāravaśāt tadā tadā tasmin tasmin viṣaye jñānaṃ prakaṭaṃ bhavati.
Wika ni Bhishma: “Sa pag-usad ng panahon, tuwing may anumang bagay na nahahayag sa simula ng isang yuga, dahil sa praktikal na pakikitungo ng daigdig, ang kaalaman hinggil sa bagay na iyon ay paulit-ulit na lumilitaw.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Knowledge is not merely abstract; it becomes manifest in step with time and circumstance. As particular realities arise in an age, society’s practical needs and conventions (lokavyavahāra) draw out and clarify the corresponding understanding.
In Bhishma’s instruction during the Shanti Parva, he explains a principle about how knowledge appears in the world: as epochs unfold and certain matters become prominent, people’s recognition and articulation of knowledge about those matters naturally emerges through lived social practice.