Shloka 15
Haṃsa–Sādhya Saṃvāda: Satya, Dama, Kṣamā and the Discipline of Speech
स्वजने न च ते चिन्ता कर्तव्या मोक्षबुद्धिना । इमे मया विनाभूता भविष्यन्ति कथं त्विति
svajane na ca te cintā kartavyā mokṣa-buddhinā | ime mayā vinābhūtā bhaviṣyanti kathaṃ tv iti ||
Dijo Bhīṣma: Si tu entendimiento está puesto en la mokṣa, no debes entregarte a la angustiosa preocupación por los tuyos, pensando: «¿Cómo vivirán sin mí?». Esa inquietud nacida del apego no corresponde a quien tiene por meta la liberación.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A mind aimed at mokṣa should not be driven by attachment-based anxiety about relatives; one should cultivate detachment and trust that others will continue without one’s constant control or presence.
Bhīṣma, instructing on dharma and liberation in the Śānti Parva, counsels the listener to abandon worry about how one’s family will manage without oneself, because such concern contradicts a liberation-oriented resolve.