Shloka 8
अव्यक्त–व्यक्त–कारणकार्यविवेकः
Avyakta–Vyakta and Causality: Discrimination of Field and Knower
विषयोंके संसर्गसे, सदा उन्हींमें रचे-पचे रहनेसे तथा मनके द्वारा साधनके विपरीत भोगोंकी इच्छा रखनेसे पुरुषको परब्रह्म परमात्माकी प्राप्ति नहीं होती है ।।
bhīṣma uvāca | viṣayāṇāṃ saṃsargāt sadā teṣv eva race-pace bhāvāt tathā manasā sādhanaviparītān bhogān icchato narasya parabrahma-paramātmaprāptir na bhavati || jñānam utpadyate puṃsāṃ kṣayāt pāpasya karmaṇaḥ | yathā darpaṇatale prakhye paśyaty ātmānam ātmani ||
毗湿摩说道：与诸境相交、恒常沉溺其中，又任由其心贪求与修证之正道相违的享乐者，不能到达至上梵——帕拉玛特曼（Paramātman）。唯有当罪业之行耗尽并得净化时，人之内器（antahkaraṇa）中才会生起真知。正如唯在洁净明亮的镜面上，人才能清楚看见自己的影像；同样，唯当内在器具洗除恶行之垢时，方能分明观见自我。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attachment to sense-objects and craving for pleasures that oppose spiritual discipline blocks realization of the Supreme; true knowledge dawns only when sinful karma is purified, making the mind like a clean mirror capable of reflecting the Self.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma continues advising on liberation-oriented dharma: he contrasts sensory entanglement with inner purification, using the mirror metaphor to explain how moral cleansing enables self-knowledge.