Shloka 8
मनस्–बुद्धि–गुणविचारः (Manas–Buddhi–Guṇa Inquiry) — Meditation and Nirguṇa Realization
चतुर्लक्षणवर्ज तु चतुष्कारणवर्जितम् | अप्रहर्षमनानन्दमशोकं विगतक्क्लमम्
caturlakṣaṇavarjaṃ tu catuṣkāraṇavarjitam | apraharṣam anānandam aśokaṃ vigataklamam ||
毗湿摩说道：那至上之境，离于四相——见、闻、思、识。它超越生起世间常识的四种量：现量（直接知觉）、比量（推理）、譬量（类比）、与圣言量（言教证成）。在那里，既无得所欲之欣喜，亦无享受所生之乐；全然远离忧悲与疲劳。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma describes liberation as a condition beyond the ordinary operations of mind and senses and beyond the usual instruments of knowing (pramāṇas). Because it is not an object of acquisition or enjoyment, it is untouched by elation, pleasure, grief, or fatigue—pointing to equanimity and transcendence of worldly dualities.
In the Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and the highest good. Here he characterizes the ultimate state (mokṣa/brahma-nirvāṇa) by negation—explaining what it is not—so the listener does not mistake it for any sensory, emotional, or conceptual experience.