Shloka 54
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 50 — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Appraisal of Bhīmasena (भीमसेनभयवर्णनम्)
ऋषयो हापि निर्मुक्ता: पश्यन्तो लोकसंग्रहान् सुखैर्भवन्ति सुखिनस्तथा दुःखेन दु:खिता:,जीवन्मुक्त महर्षि भी लोकव्यवहारकी ओर दृष्टि रखकर सुखके साधनोंसे सुखी और दुःखसे दुःखी होते हैं
ṛṣayo hāpi nirmuktāḥ paśyanto lokasaṅgrahān sukhair bhavanti sukhinas tathā duḥkhena duḥkhitāḥ
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Even sages who are liberated, while observing and upholding the order of the world for the common good, appear to share in its conditions—becoming glad through causes of happiness and pained through suffering.”
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation does not necessarily mean outward indifference; even liberated sages may seem to experience joy and sorrow because they remain attentive to worldly affairs for lokasaṅgraha—protecting and sustaining social order and the welfare of beings.
In the Udyoga Parva’s deliberative setting before the war, Dhṛtarāṣṭra reflects on the conduct of great sages: though free within, they still engage with the world’s realities, responding to happiness and suffering as they watch over human society.