Shloka 19
Śānti-parva 206: Guṇa-hetu Moha, Kāma-krodha Chain, Indriya-utpatti, and Nirodha
वही ऋग्वेद, यजुर्वेद और सामवेदका आदि कहलाता है। जिनका कोई आदि होता है, उन पदार्थोंका अन्त होता देखा गया है। ब्रह्मका कोई भी आदि नहीं बताया गया है ।।
anāditvād anantatvāt tad anantam athāvyayam | avyayatvāc ca nirduḥkhaṁ dvandvābhāvas tataḥ param ||
毗湿摩说：由于梵无始无终，故其无边，亦复不坏。正因为不坏，故离诸苦。在其中并无喜与忧等对待之相；因此它超越一切有条件之境。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Brahman is beginningless and endless, hence imperishable; because it does not undergo change or decay, it is untouched by suffering and is beyond all dualities (pairs of opposites) like joy and grief.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and ultimate reality, Bhishma teaches Yudhishthira (and the listening assembly) about the nature of Brahman, contrasting it with things that have an origin and therefore an end, and emphasizing Brahman’s transcendence of worldly opposites.