Shloka 33
त्रिवर्गविचारः
Tri-varga Deliberation: Dharma, Artha, Kāma
ज्ञानारामस्य बुद्धस्य सर्वभूताविरोधिन: । नावृत्तिभयमस्तीह परलोकभयं कुत:
jñānārāmasya buddhasya sarvabhūtāvirodhinaḥ | nāvṛttibhayam astīha paralokabhayaṃ kutaḥ ||
भीष्म ने कहा—जो ज्ञानस्वरूप आत्मा में रमण करने वाला, बुद्धिमान और समस्त प्राणियों के प्रति अविरोधी है—ऐसे ज्ञानी को इस लोक में पुनर्जन्म का भय नहीं रहता; फिर परलोक का भय उसे कैसे हो सकता है?
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Freedom from fear arises from two linked attainments: abiding in the Self as knowledge (jñānārāma) and complete non-hostility toward all beings (sarvabhūtāvirodhin). Such a person is not bound to return to rebirth (āvṛtti), and therefore has no anxiety about the afterlife (paraloka).
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhīṣma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira by describing the marks of a liberated, awakened person: one who is inwardly established in knowledge and outwardly harmless to all beings, thereby transcending fear of both this world and the next.