Chapter 233
“Vyasa said, ‘I shall now tell thee, how, when his day is gone and hisnight comes, he withdraws all things unto himself, or how the SupremeLord, making this gross universe exceedingly subtile, merges everythinginto his Soul.
Chapter 234
“Vyasa said, ‘Thou hadst asked me about the Creation of all beings; Ihave now narrated that to thee in full.
Chapter 55
“Vaisampayana said, ‘Endued with great energy, the delighter of the Kurus(viz., Bhishma), said, ‘I shall discourse on the subject of duty.
Chapter 235
“Vyasa said, ‘The knowledge called Trayi which occurs in the Vedas andtheir branches should be acquired.
Chapter 56
Vaisampayana said, ‘Having bowed unto Hrishikesa, and saluted Bhishma,and taken the permission of all the seniors assembled there, Yudhishthirabegan to put questions unto Bhishma.’
Chapter 236
“Vyasa said, ‘If Emancipation be desirable, then knowledge should beacquired. For a person who is borne now up and now down along the streamof Time or life, knowledge is the raft by which he can reach the shore.
Chapter 57
“Bhishma said, ‘The king, O Yudhishthira, should always be ready foraction. That king is not worth of praise who, like a woman, is destituteof exertion.
Chapter 237
“Vyasa said, ‘Borne up and down in life’s ocean, he that is capable ofmeditation seizes the raft of Knowledge and for achieving hisEmancipation adheres to Knowledge itself (without extending his armshither and thither for catching any other support).'[919]
Chapter 238
“Vyasa said, ‘These, then, are the obligatory acts ordained forBrahmanas. One possessed of knowledge always attains to success by goingthrough (the prescribed) acts.
Chapter 85
“Yudhishthira said, ‘O foremost of kings, what is that method by which aking ruling his subjects may, in consequence of it, obtain greatblessedness and eternal fame?’