Bhishma said Thus addressed, the son of Parasara said to his son,-I shall explain to you the two paths, viz., the destructible and the indestructible, resting respectively upon acts and knowledge. Listen with rapt attention, O child, to me as I point out to you the place which is reached by one with the help of knowledge, and that other place which is reached with the help of acts. The difference between these two places is as great as the endless firmament.
भीष्म उवाच इत्युक्तः प्रत्युवाचेदं पराशरसुतः सुतम्। कर्मविद्यामयावेतौ व्याख्यास्यामि क्षराक्षरौ॥ यां दिशं विद्यया यान्ति यां च गच्छन्ति कर्मणा। शृणुष्वैकमना वत्स गह्वरं ह्येतदन्तरम्॥