Shloka 6
Yoga, Nārāyaṇa as Supreme Principle, and the Emanation of Categories
Sāṅkhya-Yoga Outline
यथा हिमवत: पार्श्व॑ पृष्ठ चन्द्रमसो यथा । न दृष्टपूर्व मनुजैर्न च तन्नास्ति तावता
bhīṣma uvāca | yathā himavataḥ pārśvaṁ pṛṣṭhaṁ candramaso yathā | na dṛṣṭapūrvaṁ manuṣyair na ca tan nāsti tāvatā ||
毗湿摩说道：正如世人未曾见过喜马拉雅的彼岸，也未曾见过月之背面，却不能因此断言那两面不存在；同样，遍住一切众生之内的自我——内在的主宰——其性为觉知，极其微妙。仅因眼不能见，便说自我不存在，是不应当的。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Non-perception is not non-existence: the Self (Ātman), present within all beings as the inner ruler and of the nature of consciousness, is too subtle for the eyes; therefore its invisibility cannot be used to deny its reality.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and higher knowledge, Bhishma teaches Yudhiṣṭhira using a concrete analogy (unseen sides of the Himalaya and the moon) to argue that the indwelling Self exists even though it is not directly seen.