Shloka 1
Śarīrin, Buddhi, and the Limits of Sense-Perception (इन्द्रियबुद्धिशरीरिविचारः)
ऑपनआ प्रात बछ। >> 2 पज्चनवर्त्याधेकशततमो< ध्याय: ध्यानयोगका वर्णन भीष्म उवाच हन्त वक्ष्यामि ते पार्थ ध्यानयोगं चतुर्विधम् । य॑ंज्ञात्वा शाश्वतीं सिद्धि गच्छन्तीह महर्षय:
bhīṣma uvāca | hanta vakṣyāmi te pārtha dhyānayogaṃ caturvidham | yaṃ jñātvā śāśvatīṃ siddhiṃ gacchantīha maharṣayaḥ ||
毗湿摩说：“来吧，哦帕尔塔。我将为你阐明禅观之道（dhyāna-yoga）；它依所缘（ālambana，即所依之境）不同而分为四种。明了此法，大圣仙便能在此生此地获得恒常不灭的成就。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma introduces dhyāna-yoga as a structured, fourfold discipline distinguished by its supporting objects of meditation, and states that its true understanding leads sages to an enduring spiritual perfection attainable even within this life.
In the Shanti Parva’s post-war instruction, Bhishma—lying on his bed of arrows—continues advising Partha (Arjuna), announcing that he will now explain a specific meditative path (dhyāna-yoga) and its transformative result as known to the great seers.