Shloka 27
Mahāvasu’s Fall by Speech-Error and Release through Devotion (अज-विवादः वसोः शापः विमोचनं च)
न त्वस्य रमते बुद्धिराश्रमेषु नराधिप । त्रिषु गार्हस्थ्यमूलेषु मोक्षधर्मानुदर्शिन:
na tv asya ramate buddhir āśrameṣu narādhipa | triṣu gārhasthya-mūleṣu mokṣa-dharmānudarśinaḥ ||
ভীষ্ম বললেন— হে নরাধিপ! গার্হস্থ্যকে ভিত্তি করে থাকা সেই তিন আশ্রমে তাঁর বুদ্ধি আনন্দ পেত না; কারণ তিনি তো মোক্ষধর্মেই দৃষ্টি স্থির রেখেছিলেন।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A mind oriented toward mokṣa (liberation) does not naturally take pleasure in the conventional āśrama pursuits grounded in household life; liberation-focused dharma reshapes what one finds fulfilling.
Bhīṣma, instructing the king, characterizes a certain person’s disposition: because he was devoted to mokṣa-dharma, he felt no satisfaction in the three life-stages dependent on the householder foundation.