Shloka 9
जनकस्य मोक्षमार्गप्रश्नः तथा पञ्चशिखोपदेश-प्रस्तावः | Janaka’s Path to Liberation: Prelude to Pañcaśikha’s Instruction
स्निग्धत्वात् तिलवत् सर्व चक्रेडस्मिन् पीड्यते जगत् । तिलपीडैरिवाक्रम्य भोगैरज्ञानसम्भवै:,जैसे तेली लोग तेलसे युक्त होनेके कारण तिलोंको कोल्हूमें पेरते हैं, उसी प्रकार यह सारा जगत् आसत्तिग्रस्त होनेके कारण अज्ञानजनित भोगोंद्वारा दबा-दबाकर इस संसारचक्रमें पेरा जा रहा है
snigdhatvāt tilavat sarvaṃ cakre 'smin pīḍyate jagat | tilapīḍair ivākramya bhogair ajñānasambhavaiḥ ||
Dijo Bhishma: Por su apego adherente—como el sésamo rico en aceite—este mundo entero es prensado dentro de la rueda del devenir. Como el sésamo es triturado en un lagar, así los seres son molidos una y otra vez por placeres nacidos de la ignorancia, y de ese modo se les hace girar en el ciclo del saṃsāra.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attachment (āsakti), rooted in ignorance (ajñāna/avidyā), makes beings vulnerable to being ‘crushed’ by sense-pleasures; these pleasures perpetuate bondage and keep the world turning in the wheel of saṃsāra. The ethical thrust is to cultivate discernment and detachment so that one is not driven by ignorant enjoyment.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and liberation-oriented wisdom. Here he uses a vivid simile: just as oily sesame is pressed in an oil-mill, the world—because it clings and sticks—is pressed and overpowered by ignorance-born enjoyments, and thus continues to revolve in worldly existence.