Shloka 9
Yoga, Nārāyaṇa as Supreme Principle, and the Emanation of Categories
Sāṅkhya-Yoga Outline
रूपवन्तमरूपत्वादुदयास्तमने बुधा: । धिया समनुपश्यन्ति तद्गता: सवितुर्गतिम्
rūpavantam arūpatvād udayāstamane budhāḥ | dhiyā samanupaśyanti tadgatāḥ savitur gatim ||
毗湿摩说道：正如智者以理推知，一切有形之物在未生之前与灭去之后实则无形；又如学者凭日出日落而推断那本不可见的太阳行程；同样，具辨慧者以理智之灯照见超越诸根的梵（Brahman），并愿将这近在目前、可见的世间幻相融入那以知为性之至上自我之中。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
That the ultimate reality (Brahman) is beyond sensory perception and is known through discriminative intellect: just as we infer the sun’s unseen motion from its rising and setting, we infer the formless ground of phenomena from their arising and passing away, and aim to merge the world-appearance into that knowledge-natured Self.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma continues his philosophical counsel, using analogies (arising/ceasing of forms and the sun’s course) to guide the listener toward contemplative knowledge and detachment from the merely visible world.