Shloka 26
प्रजापतयः देवगणाश्च दिशि-दिशि स्थिताः ऋषयः
Prajāpatis, Deva-Groups, and the Ṛṣis Assigned to the Directions
रसैविंमुक्तं विविधैश्व गन्धै- रशब्दमस्पर्शमरूपवच्च । अग्राह्मुमव्यक्तमवर्णमेक॑ पज्चप्रकारान् ससृजे प्रजानाम्
rasair vimuktaṁ vividhaiś ca gandhair aśabdam asparśam arūpavat ca | agrāhyam avyaktam avarṇam ekaṁ pañca-prakārān sasṛje prajānām ||
毗湿摩说道：“彼实相离一切味，离诸香；无声、无触、无形。非心、非智、非言语所能执取；不显（未manifest），独一无二，超越色相与一切可说之相。然而，正从这不可言说的本源，为众生之故，生起五种境界——色、味、香、触、声。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The supreme principle is beyond the senses and beyond mental or verbal grasp—formless, unmanifest, and non-dual—yet it is the source from which the five sense-objects (sound, touch, form, taste, smell) arise. Ethically, it points to detachment: do not mistake sensory qualities for the ultimate, even though they appear within it.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on liberation and right understanding, Bhishma continues his discourse to Yudhishthira by describing the nature of the highest Reality and explaining how the world of sensory experience proceeds from what is itself beyond all sensory attributes.