Shloka 13
Śrī–Indra–Bali Saṃvāda: The Departure and Fourfold Placement of Lakṣmī
इष्टसत्रेण संसिद्धों भूयश्व॒ तपसा55सुरि: । क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोव्र्यक्ति बुबुधे देवदर्शन:
iṣṭasatreṇa saṃsiddho bhūyaś ca tapasa āsuriḥ | kṣetra-kṣetrajñayor vyaktiṃ bubudhe deva-darśanaḥ ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Sa pag-abot ng ganap na kaganapan sa pamamagitan ng handog ng tunay na kaalaman, at muli sa pamamagitan ng mahigpit na pagninilay at pagtitiis (tapas), ang pantas na si Āsuri—na may banal na paningin—ay malinaw na nagising sa pagkakaiba ng ‘kṣetra’ (ang larangan ng karanasan sa katawan) at ng ‘kṣetrajña’ (ang nakakabatid sa larangan, ang may-malay na sarili).”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True wisdom is the clear discrimination between kṣetra (the changing body-mind field) and kṣetrajña (the conscious knower). Such discernment is gained through disciplined tapas and the ‘sacrifice’ of knowledge—an inner, ethical-spiritual practice rather than mere external ritual.
Bhishma cites the sage Asuri as an exemplar: through successful sacred practice and austerity, Asuri attains divine vision and realizes the distinction between the experiential realm and the witnessing self, reinforcing the Shanti Parva’s instruction on liberation-oriented understanding.