Mahabharata — Shanti Parva, Shloka 189
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
मोक्षे ते भावितां बुद्धि श्रुत्वाहं कुशलैषिणी । तव मोक्षस्य चाप्यस्य जिज्ञासार्थमिहागता
mokṣe te bhāvitāṃ buddhiṃ śrutvāhaṃ kuśalaiṣiṇī | tava mokṣasya cāpy asya jijñāsārtham ihāgatā ||
मैंने सुना था कि आपकी बुद्धि मोक्षधर्म में लगी हुई है। इसलिए आपके कल्याण की कामना करती हुई, आपके इस मोक्ष-ज्ञान का मर्म जानने के लिए मैं यहाँ आई हूँ।
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical posture of approaching spiritual knowledge: a well-wisher, having heard of another’s cultivated orientation toward mokṣa, comes with sincere inquiry to grasp the inner purport (marman) of liberation-teaching rather than merely its outer form.
A female speaker addresses Bhīṣma, saying she has heard his intellect is devoted to mokṣa-dharma and has therefore come to him, motivated by goodwill, to question him and understand the essence of his teaching on liberation.