Shloka 112
Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)
नायं लोको<स्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मन: । ऊचुर्ज्ञनिविदो वृद्धा: प्रत्ययो मोक्षलक्षणम्,जिसके मनमें संशय भरा हुआ है, उसके लिये न यह लोक है न परलोक है और न सुख ही है। 'ज्ञान ही मोक्षका लक्षण है'--यह वृद्ध, ज्ञानी पुरुषोंका कथन है
nāyaṁ loko 'sti na paro na sukhaṁ saṁśayātmanaḥ | ūcur jñānanivido vṛddhāḥ pratyayo mokṣalakṣaṇam ||
ಸಂಶಯದಿಂದ ತುಂಬಿದ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನವನಿಗೆ ಈ ಲೋಕವೂ ಇಲ್ಲ, ಪರಲೋಕವೂ ಇಲ್ಲ, ಸುಖವೂ ಇಲ್ಲ. ವೃದ್ಧ ಜ್ಞಾನಿಗಳು ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾರೆ—ದೃಢವಾದ ಒಳನಿಶ್ಚಯವೇ ಮೋಕ್ಷಲಕ್ಷಣ.
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Doubt corrodes both worldly well-being and spiritual progress; liberation is marked not by restless questioning alone but by pratyaya—settled inner conviction born of true insight.
Yudhiṣṭhira voices a reflective maxim within the Vana Parva context, citing the testimony of elders and wise renunciant-minded teachers to emphasize that a doubt-filled mind cannot attain happiness here or hereafter, and that firm certainty is the sign of mokṣa.