Shloka 17
त्याग: स्नेहस्य यत् त्यागो विषयाणां तथैव च । रागद्वेषप्रहीणस्य त्यागो भवति नान्यथा,विषयोंकी आसक्तिका जो त्याग है, वही वास्तविक त्याग है। राग-द्वेषसे रहित होनेपर ही त्यागकी सिद्धि होती है, अन्यथा नहीं (परमात्मचिन्तनका नाम ही 'ध्यान” है)
tyāgaḥ snehyasya yat tyāgo viṣayāṇāṃ tathaiva ca | rāga-dveṣa-prahīṇasya tyāgo bhavati nānyathā ||
Bhishma said: Renunciation is truly the relinquishing of attachment—of clinging affection and of dependence on sense-objects. Only for one who has abandoned both attraction and aversion does renunciation become real; in any other condition, it is not so.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True tyāga is not merely external giving up; it is the inner abandonment of attachment to people and to sense-objects. Renunciation becomes authentic only when one is free from both rāga (pull of liking) and dveṣa (push of disliking).
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and the path of peace after the war. Here he defines renunciation as an inner state grounded in freedom from attraction and aversion, rather than a superficial change of lifestyle.