Shloka 6
यच्च कामसुखं लोके यच्च दिव्यं महत्सुखम् । तृष्णाक्षयसुखस्यैते नाहत: षोडशीं कलाम्
yac ca kāmasukhaṁ loke yac ca divyaṁ mahatsukham | tṛṣṇākṣayasukhasyaite nāhataḥ ṣoḍaśīṁ kalām ||
Bhishma berkata: Kenikmatan yang lahir dari hasrat di dunia ini, dan kebahagiaan ilahi yang agung di surga—keduanya tidak sebanding bahkan dengan seperenam belas dari kebahagiaan yang muncul ketika tṛṣṇā (nafsu-haus keinginan) padam. Orang bijak melihat bahwa kenikmatan yang melimpah dan halus pun terikat pada duka; sedangkan orang bodoh terus terperdaya bahkan oleh objek indria yang remeh.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sensual pleasure (kāma-sukha) and even heavenly pleasure are insignificant compared to the peace and joy that arise when craving is extinguished; true well-being is rooted in inner freedom rather than in objects of enjoyment.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and the path to peace, Bhishma teaches Yudhishthira by contrasting worldly and heavenly enjoyments with the superior happiness of desirelessness, urging a turn toward self-control and inner liberation.