Shloka 7
मनुरुवाच — इन्द्रिय-मनः-ज्ञान-क्रमः
Manu on the hierarchy of senses, mind, and knowledge
सांख्ययोगौ तु यायुक्तौ मुनिभिमोक्षदर्शिभि: । संन्यास एव वेदान्ते वर्तते जपन॑ प्रति
bhīṣma uvāca | sāṅkhyayogau tu yāyuktau munibhir mokṣadarśibhiḥ | saṃnyāsa eva vedānte vartate japaṃ prati | artha-aiśvarya-pravṛtteṣu jāpakaḥ tatra rajyate | sa eva nirayas tasya na asau tasmāt pramucyate ||
毗湿摩说道：“见证解脱的仙圣们教导说，数论（Sāṅkhya）与瑜伽（Yoga）皆为正当之道。然而在吠檀多（此处指偏向数论的见地）中，就持咒（japa）而言，真正的法则是出离——连对修持的外相与其报偿也不执著。若持咒者纠缠于求财与世间利益，那纠缠本身便成其地狱；他不能从中解脱。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even spiritually valued practices like japa must be grounded in renunciation and non-attachment. If japa becomes mixed with craving for wealth, status, or power, the practitioner’s attachment itself becomes a form of suffering (niraya), preventing liberation.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhishma teaches Yudhishthira that both Sāṅkhya and Yoga are affirmed by realized sages, but he warns that mantra-practice loses its liberating force when the practitioner is drawn into worldly pursuits and rewards.