Shloka 13
अन्तवन्ति च भूतानि गुणयुक्तानि पश्यत: । उत्पत्तिनिधनज्ञस्थ कि कार्यमवशिष्यते,“जो गुणयुक्त सम्पूर्ण भूतोंको नाशवान् देखता है तथा उत्पत्ति और प्रलयके तत्त्वको जानता है, उसके लिये यहाँ कौन-सा कार्य अवशिष्ट रह जाता है?
antavanti ca bhūtāni guṇa-yuktāni paśyataḥ | utpatti-nidhana-jñastha kiṁ kāryam avaśiṣyate ||
“For one who sees that all beings—though constituted by the guṇas—are perishable, and who knows the principle of their arising and passing away, what task can remain here that still binds?”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Seeing all beings as impermanent and guṇa-made, and knowing the law of arising and dissolution, dissolves the sense of binding obligation; one becomes inwardly complete, acting (if at all) without compulsion or attachment.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhishma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira by emphasizing a jñāna-based perspective: insight into impermanence and the guṇas leads toward renunciation and freedom from the pressure of ‘must-do’ action.