Shloka 103
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
ज्ञानज्ञेयान्तरे तस्मिन् मनो नामापरो गुण: । विचारयति येनायं॑ निश्चये साध्वसाधुनी
jñānajñeyāntare tasmin mano nāmāparo guṇaḥ | vicārayati yenāyaṁ niścaye sādhvasādhunī ||
毗湿摩说道：“在知者与所知之间，还起作用着另一要素，名为‘心’（意）。凭借此心，人得以思量，并在作出决断时辨别正与邪、善与不善。”
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the mind (manas) as the mediating faculty between the knower and the object of knowledge; ethical discernment—deciding what is proper or improper—depends on the mind’s capacity for deliberation (vicāra) leading to firm judgment (niścaya).
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner discipline, Bhīṣma continues his didactic discourse, explaining how cognition and moral decision-making function, emphasizing the mind’s role in evaluating actions as right or wrong.