Shloka 11
मोक्षधर्मः — स्नेहपाशच्छेदः
Mokṣa-dharma: Cutting the Bonds of Attachment
लाभं॑ साधारण नेच्छेन्न भुज्जीताभिपूजित: । अभिपूजितलाभ हि जुगुप्सेतेव तादूश:
lābhaṃ sādhāraṇaṃ necchen na bhuñjītābhipūjitaḥ | abhipūjita-lābhaṃ hi jugupsateva tādṛśaḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。「世のありふれた利得を求めてはならず、また特別に敬われ崇められる場で食を受けてはならぬ。そのような者—とりわけ解脱を求める者—にとって、過度の尊崇から生じる利は、ほとんど不浄のもののように避けるべきである。教えの要は節制だ。生計や施与を、虚栄や世間の追従、そして内なる自由を損なう依存と結びつけてはならない。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Do not desire even ordinary profit, and especially avoid benefits that come from being publicly honored; a sincere spiritual seeker should treat such honor-linked gain as something to be avoided because it can bind the mind through pride, obligation, and dependence.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and right conduct. Here he gives a rule of disciplined living—particularly relevant to renunciants or those pursuing liberation—about refusing food or gain that is tied to excessive reverence.