Shloka 27
अव्यक्त–प्रकृति–इन्द्रियविचारः
The Unmanifest, Prakṛtis, and the Sense-Complex
नीहारेण हि संवीत: शिश्नरोदरपरायण: । जात्यन्ध इव पन्थानमावृतात्मा न बुद्धयते
nīhāreṇa hi saṃvītaḥ śiśnodara-parāyaṇaḥ | jātyandha iva panthānam āvṛtātmā na budhyate ||
波罗娑罗说：“为雾霭般的迷妄所遮蔽，只奉事于淫欲与口腹之驱使，自我覆蔽之人不能明了其道——正如生来失明者不见道路。故当识心为无明与贪著诸境所蒙蔽时，解脱之路便不为所识。”
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
A mind dominated by sensuality and appetite, and veiled by ignorance, cannot discern the path to liberation—just as congenital blindness prevents seeing a road. The verse urges restraint and inner clarity as prerequisites for mokṣa.
In Śānti Parva’s didactic discourse, the sage Parāśara instructs about spiritual impediments. He uses the image of fog and congenital blindness to explain why a sense-driven, deluded person fails to recognize the liberating path.