Shloka 43
Śrī–Indra–Bali Saṃvāda: The Departure and Fourfold Placement of Lakṣmī
इति सम्यड्मनस्येते बहव: सन्ति हेतव: । एतदस्तीदमस्तीति न किज्वचित्प्रतिदृश्यते
iti samyaṅ-manasy ete bahavaḥ santi hetavaḥ | etad astīdam astīti na kiñcit kvacit pratidṛśyate ||
毗湿摩说道：“因此，当心意欲加审察，种种论理纷然而起；然由诸论与反论之中，处处皆不见有一物能断然成立‘此有’或‘此无’——尤以自我之事为甚。故不可误以辩论为真实的明辨。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma highlights the limits of purely intellectual argument: many reasons can be produced on both sides, yet they may not yield decisive perception of truth—especially about the self. True understanding requires more than debate; it calls for deeper discernment and reliable means of knowledge.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction-setting, Bhishma continues his philosophical counsel, cautioning that mental disputation generates numerous arguments but does not by itself settle the question of existence or non-existence (notably of the self).