Shloka 189
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
वर्णाश्रमकृतैर्धर्मविपरीतं क्वचित्समम् | गतान्तैरध्यवसितमत्याश्रममिदं व्रतम्
varṇāśramakṛtair dharma-viparītaṃ kvacit samam | gatāntair adhyavasitam atyāśramam idaṃ vratam ||
ビーシュマは言った。「この行は、ヴァルナとアーシュラマの制度によって形づくられたダルマに、ある点では背き、ある点では調和する。道の終わりに至り—定まった結論を知る者たちは—これを固く選び取った。この誓戒は、常のアーシュラマを超え（その上に）立つ。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma highlights a higher discipline (vrata) that can transcend the usual varṇa–āśrama duties: it may appear partly contrary to conventional social-religious norms, yet it is embraced by those who understand the final purport of dharma and liberation.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction-setting, Bhīṣma is describing an exalted observance and emphasizing its authority: realized or well-grounded knowers have decisively adopted it, and it stands above ordinary life-stage frameworks.