Shloka 11
तस्यैवं गततृष्णस्य विज्वरस्य निराशिष: । का विवक्षास्ति वेदेषु निरारम्भस्य सर्वत:,“जो तृष्णारहित, उद्वेगशून्य, निष्काम तथा सब प्रकारके आरम्भोंसे रहित है, उस परमेश्वरके निःश्वाससे निःसृत वेदोंके विषयमें आप विपरीत वचन क्यों कह रहे हैं?
tasyaivaṁ gatatṛṣṇasya vijvarasya nirāśiṣaḥ | kā vivakṣāsti vedeṣu nirārambhasya sarvataḥ ||
قال بهيشما: «من تجاوز الشهوة، وخلا من حُمّى الباطن واضطرابه، ولم يعد يرجو شيئًا، وتخلّى عن كل شروعٍ في الأعمال من كل جهة—أي دافعٍ يبقى للحديث عن الفيدات؟ فلماذا تنطق بكلامٍ مخالفٍ في شأن الفيدات، التي يُقال إنها انبثقت كأنها نَفَسُ الربّ الأعلى؟»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links true renunciation—freedom from craving, agitation, expectation, and worldly undertakings—with a state where argumentative or self-interested speech about scripture loses its purpose. It also affirms the sanctity of the Vedas as originating from the Supreme, implying that speaking ‘contrary’ to them is ethically and spiritually suspect.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhishma challenges a position that appears to disparage or contradict the Vedas. He argues that a genuinely desireless, tranquil renunciant would have no agenda-driven reason to attack or distort Vedic authority, especially given the traditional view that the Vedas emanate from the Supreme Lord.