Shloka 33
Haṃsa–Sādhya Saṃvāda: Satya, Dama, Kṣamā and the Discipline of Speech
अग्नीषोमाविदं सर्वमिति यश्चानुपश्यति । न च संस्पृश्यते भावैरद्धुतैर्मुक्त एव सः
agnīṣomāv idaṃ sarvam iti yaścānupaśyati | na ca saṃspṛśyate bhāvair adbhutair mukta eva saḥ ||
जो इस समस्त जगत को अग्नि और सोम—अर्थात् भोक्ता और भोज्य—रूप ही देखता है और अपने को उनसे भिन्न जानता है, उसे माया के अद्भुत भाव—सुख-दुःख आदि—स्पर्श नहीं करते। वह सर्वथा मुक्त है।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is described as the state of one who sees the world as a play of paired principles (Agni–Soma, read as enjoyer–enjoyed) while recognizing the Self as distinct from these changing experiences; therefore pleasure, pain, and other māyā-born states do not bind or disturb.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira on the path of peace and release after the war, presenting a contemplative vision that weakens attachment to worldly experience and points toward mokṣa.