Shloka 101
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
राजेन्द्र! नरेश्वर! उन्होंने सम्पूर्ण सांख्य
paśyanti yogāḥ sāṅkhyāś ca svaśāstra-kṛta-lakṣaṇāḥ | iṣṭāniṣṭa-vimuktaṃ hi tasthau brahma parātparam, yudhiṣṭhira ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “O Yudhiṣṭhira, yaong mga dalubhasa sa Sāṅkhya at Yoga, na ginagabayan ng mga palatandaang itinatakda sa kani-kanilang mga śāstra, ay nakakakita na ang Kataas-taasang Brahman ay lubos na lampas sa lahat ng dalawahan—‘nais’ at ‘di-nais’—malaya sa pagkiling at pag-ayaw, matatag at di-nagagalaw, at higit pa sa anumang tinatawag na pinakamataas.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the highest reality (Brahman) is beyond the opposites of liking and disliking (iṣṭa/aniṣṭa). True insight—whether framed through Sāṅkhya’s discrimination or Yoga’s discipline—recognizes Brahman as unwavering, unaffected by preference, aversion, or worldly valuation.
In the Śānti Parva instruction, Bhīṣma continues advising King Yudhiṣṭhira on liberation-oriented wisdom. He cites the shared conclusion of Sāṅkhya and Yoga authorities: that Brahman is supremely transcendent and stable, and that liberation involves seeing beyond the mind’s habitual judgments of desirable and undesirable.