Shloka 60
मनु-उपदेशः — भूत-उत्पत्ति, इन्द्रिय-निवृत्ति, तथा पर-स्वभाव-विवेकः
Manu’s Instruction on Elemental Origination, Sense-Withdrawal, and Discrimination of the Supreme Nature
न भवति विदुषां ततो भयं यदविदुषां सुमहद् भयं भवेत् | न हि गतिरधिकास्ति कस्यचित् सति हि गुणे प्रवदन्त्यतुल्यताम्
na bhavati viduṣāṁ tato bhayaṁ yad aviduṣāṁ sumahad bhayaṁ bhavet | na hi gatir adhikāsti kasyacit sati hi guṇe pravadanty atulyatām ||
ビーシュマは言った。「無知なる者にとって大いなる恐怖の因となるこの世の生存の領域も、賢者には恐れを起こさせない。究竟の帰趨に高下はないからである。グナ（guṇa）がなお人に付着している間は、それに応じて不等の運命が語られる。だが、グナとの結びつきが断たれた知者には、そのような段階差は当てはまらない。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ignorance makes saṁsāra terrifying, while true knowledge removes fear. Ultimate liberation is not graded as higher or lower for different persons; perceived differences in 'destiny' belong to the realm where the guṇas still operate. When one is free from attachment to the guṇas through knowledge, such inequality no longer applies.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira on liberation-oriented dharma. Here he contrasts the ignorant person’s fear of worldly existence with the wise person’s fearlessness, and explains that talk of superior/inferior outcomes pertains only to those still conditioned by the guṇas.