Shloka 19
Yoga, Nārāyaṇa as Supreme Principle, and the Emanation of Categories
Sāṅkhya-Yoga Outline
उत्पत्तिवृद्धिवयसा यथा स इति गृहाते । चन्द्र एव त्वमावास्यां तथा भवति मूर्तिमान्
utpatti-vṛddhi-vayasā yathā sa iti gṛhyate | candra eva tvam amāvasyāṁ tathā bhavati mūrtimān ||
毗湿摩说道：“正如一个人经历出生、成长与年龄的层层阶段，人们仍认定他是同一个人；同样，月亮虽在新月之夜隐没不见，待再度显现为有形之时，人们也承认那仍是同一轮月。以此类推，当具身之我进入另一具身体时，应当理解为同一自我在延续。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Continuity of identity despite change: just as a person is regarded as the same individual through different life-stages, and the Moon is regarded as the same Moon after disappearing at amāvasyā, so the self remains the same even when it takes another body.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and philosophical truths. Here he uses everyday analogies—human aging and the Moon’s reappearance—to clarify the doctrine of the enduring self across bodily change.