Shloka 134
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
तानि तानि तु संचिन्त्य सड्रस्थानान्यरिंदम । आत्मना55त्मनि सम्पश्येत् किमन्यन्मुक्तलक्षणम्
tāni tāni tu sañcintya ṣaḍr̥sthānāny ariṃdama | ātmanā ātmani sampaśyet kim anyan mukta-lakṣaṇam ||
Bhīṣma said: “O subduer of foes, having reflected again and again on those various objects, one should recognize them as mere grounds for attachment and, by one’s own inner awareness, behold the Self within the Self. What other mark of liberation could there be?”
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is marked by clear inner vision: recognizing external objects as occasions for attachment and turning awareness inward to directly perceive the Self in oneself.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīṣma continues his discourse on renunciation and liberation, defining the practical sign of a liberated person as inward Self-perception grounded in detachment.