जनक–पराशर संवादः — वर्ण-गोत्र-धर्मविचारः
Janaka–Parāśara: Varṇa, Gotra, and Dharma Inquiry
इतीदं हृदयग्रन्थिं बुद्धिचिन्तामयं दृढम् । विमुच्य सुखमासीत विशोकश्छिन्नसंशय:,इस प्रकार बुद्धिकी चिन्तास्वरूप इस सुदृढ़ हृदयग्रन्थिको त्यागककर शोक और संशयसे रहित हो सुखपूर्वक रहना चाहिये
itīdaṃ hṛdayagranthiṃ buddhicintāmayaṃ dṛḍham | vimucya sukham āsīta viśokaś chinnasaṃśayaḥ ||
આ રીતે બુદ્ધિની ચિંતાથી બનેલી આ દૃઢ હૃદય-ગ્રંથિને છોડી દેીને, શોકરહિત અને સંશયછિન્ન બની મનુષ્ય સુખપૂર્વક સ્થિત રહે.
भीष्म उवाच
Release the deeply rooted ‘knot of the heart’ created by anxious intellectual rumination; by letting it go, one becomes free from grief and doubt and can live in steady peace.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma continues advising on inner discipline and wisdom: he urges the listener to abandon mental entanglements that bind the heart, so that sorrow ends and certainty is attained.