Shloka 13
Varāha-avatāra: Viṣṇu’s subterranean intervention and the cosmic nāda (Śānti-parva 202)
तान्येव काष्ठानि यथा विमथ्य धूमं च पश्येज्ज्वलनं च योगात् । तद्वत् सबुद्धि: सममिन्द्रियात्मा बुध: परं पश्यति तं स्वभावम्
tāny eva kāṣṭhāni yathā vimathya dhūmaṃ ca paśyej jvalanaṃ ca yogāt | tadvat sa-buddhiḥ samam indriyātmā budhaḥ paraṃ paśyati taṃ svabhāvam ||
毗湿摩说：“然而，正是同样的木块，若以善巧之法摩擦钻木，便可见烟而后见火。如此，智者知者——以瑜伽之修持，使心与诸根连同辨别之智安住于平等寂定——便能亲证那至上实相：最高之知与我（自性之我），即超越一切器官与工具的真实本性。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Right method (yoga) applied to the same inner instruments—mind, senses, and intelligence—yields direct realization of the supreme Self, just as proper friction of wood reveals smoke and then fire.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira in the Śānti Parva, he uses a familiar fire-kindling analogy to explain how disciplined concentration and integration of mind and senses, guided by buddhi, culminate in experiential knowledge of the highest reality.