Shloka 35
प्रजाविसर्ग-तत्त्वनिर्णयः | Cosmogony of Elemental Emergence
Bharadvāja–Bhṛgu Dialogue
नास्ति विद्यासमं चक्षुर्नास्ति सत्यसमं तपः । नास्ति रागसमं दुःखं नास्ति त्यागसमं सुखम्
nāsti vidyāsamaṃ cakṣur nāsti satyasamaṃ tapaḥ | nāsti rāgasamaṃ duḥkhaṃ nāsti tyāgasamaṃ sukham ||
भीष्म ने कहा— विद्या (ज्ञान) के समान कोई नेत्र नहीं; सत्य के समान कोई तप नहीं। आसक्ति के समान कोई दुःख नहीं, और त्याग के समान कोई सुख नहीं।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma teaches a hierarchy of inner values: knowledge is the highest ‘vision’ for life; truthfulness is the strongest form of austerity; attachment is the deepest source of suffering; and renunciation—releasing possessiveness and craving—is the greatest happiness.
In Śānti Parva, after the war, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and the means to peace. This verse is a compact aphorism within that instruction, summarizing practical spiritual ethics for a ruler and for anyone seeking inner steadiness.