Shloka 44
Vyaktāvyakta-Viveka and Nivṛtti as Paramā Gati
Manifest–Unmanifest Discrimination and the Supreme Path of Withdrawal
स्वप्नयोगे यथैवात्मा पज्चेन्द्रियसमायुत: । देहमुत्सज्य वै याति तथैवात्मोपलभ्यते
svapnayoge yathaivātmā pañcendriyasamāyutaḥ | deham utsṛjya vai yāti tathaivātmopalabhyate ||
毗湿摩说道：“正如在梦境之中，自我——伴随五根——似乎离开此身而往他处；同样地，死后亦当知自我离此身而去，复取另一具身相。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses the dream-state as an analogy to explain transmigration: the self is not confined to one body, and after death it departs and takes another embodiment, much as it seems to ‘go elsewhere’ in dreams while still associated with sensory faculties.
In Shanti Parva’s instruction on peace and right understanding, Bhishma is teaching about the nature of the self and continuity beyond death, offering a philosophical explanation meant to reduce fear and support dharmic insight.