Shloka 67
धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)
निर्वाणं सर्वधर्माणां निवृत्ति: परमा स्मृता | तस्मान्निवृत्तिमापन्नश्चरेत् सर्वाज्रनिर्वृतः,“समस्त कर्मोंसे उपरत हो जाना ही परम निवृत्ति है; अतः जो निवृत्तिको प्राप्त हो गया है, वह सभी अंगोंसे सुखी होकर विचरण करे
nirvāṇaṁ sarvadharmāṇāṁ nivṛttiḥ paramā smṛtā | tasmān nivṛttim āpannaś caret sarvāṅganirvṛtaḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。「最高の想起とはこれである。すべてのダルマの鎮静、すなわち束縛をもたらすあらゆる行為の道からの完全な退離こそが、涅槃である。ゆえに、その退離の境地に至った者は、諸肢諸根ことごとく安らぎ、煩いなく満ち足りて世を歩むべきである。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma identifies nirvāṇa with nivṛtti—complete cessation from binding engagements and the compulsions of duty-as-attachment. The liberated person, having turned back from all such entanglements, lives in steady tranquility, with the senses and mind pacified.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira on the highest path. Here he summarizes the ideal of nivṛtti: the one established in renunciation should live calmly, free from agitation, embodying inner contentment.