Shloka 147
आपद्धर्मनिर्णयः — विश्वामित्र-श्वपचसंवादः
Apaddharma Determination: Dialogue of Viśvāmitra and the Śvapaca
सामान्या निष्कृति:ः प्राज्ञ यो मोक्षात् प्रत्यनन्तरम्
sāmānyā niṣkṛtiḥ prājña yo mokṣāt praty-anantaram
Bhīṣma sprach: „O Weiser, das allgemeine Mittel der Sühne ist das, was unmittelbar auf das Streben nach Mokṣa, der Befreiung, folgt.“
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma links ethical repair (niṣkṛti, expiation) with the immediate orientation toward mokṣa: the most universal remedy for wrongdoing is to turn one’s life promptly toward liberation—through inner restraint, truthfulness, and detachment—rather than relying only on external rites.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma after the war. Here he states a principle about expiation: a broadly applicable atonement is the immediate adoption of a mokṣa-directed path, implying that moral purification is completed by sincere inner transformation.