Shloka 23
Adhyāya 159 — Dāna–Dakṣiṇā, Āpaddharma Measures, and Prāyaścitta Classifications
येष्वावृत्तिभयं नास्ति परलोकभयं न च | नामिषेषु प्रसंगो5स्ति न प्रियेष्वप्रियेषु च
yeṣv āvṛttibhayaṁ nāsti paralokabhayaṁ na ca | nāmiṣeṣu prasaṅgo 'sti na priyeṣv apriyeṣu ca ||
ಯಾರಲ್ಲಿ ಪುನರ್ಜನ್ಮದ ಭಯವೂ ಇಲ್ಲ, ಪರಲೋಕದ ಭಯವೂ ಇಲ್ಲ; ಭೋಗಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಆಸಕ್ತಿಯೂ ಇಲ್ಲ; ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರಿಯ-ಅಪ್ರಿಯಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ರಾಗ-ದ್ವೇಷವೂ ಏಳುವುದಿಲ್ಲ—ಅವರೇ (ಶಿಷ್ಟರು).
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Freedom is marked by fearlessness about rebirth and the afterlife, non-attachment to sensual enjoyments, and even-mindedness toward the pleasant and the unpleasant—i.e., the cessation of rāga-dveṣa (attachment-aversion).
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and the path to inner peace after the war; here he describes the qualities of a liberated or spiritually mature person who is no longer driven by fear, craving, or emotional partiality.