Shloka 1
इन्द्रेण वृत्रवधः, ब्रह्महत्याया अनुगमनम्, तथा च विभाजन-निवासविधानम्
Indra’s defeat of Vṛtra; pursuit by Brahmahatyā; allocation of her abodes
है ० बक। ] अडिफशशाए: चतुःसप्तरत्याधिकद्विशततमो<ध्याय: मोक्षके साधनका वर्णन युधिछिर उवाच मोक्ष: पितामहेनोक्त उपायान्नानुपायतः । तमुपायं यथान्यायं श्रोतुमिच्छामि भारत
Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: Mokṣaḥ pitāmahenokta upāyān nānupāyataḥ | tam upāyaṃ yathānyāyaṃ śrotum icchāmi Bhārata ||
युधिष्ठिर ने कहा—पितामह! आपने बताया है कि मोक्ष की प्राप्ति योग्य उपाय से होती है, अयोग्य उपाय से नहीं। भरतनन्दन! वह यथोचित उपाय क्या है? मैं उसे सुनना चाहता हूँ।
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation (mokṣa) is not merely a goal but is inseparable from the means: it must be pursued through rightful, dharma-aligned methods (upāya), not through unethical or improper shortcuts.
In Śānti Parva’s discourse on peace and liberation, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Bhīṣma as Pitāmaha and requests a clear explanation of the proper method for attaining mokṣa, emphasizing that only legitimate means are acceptable.