Shloka 34
Śrī–Indra–Bali Saṃvāda: The Departure and Fourfold Placement of Lakṣmī
तस्मिन् गूढे च दग्धे च भिन्ने मरणधर्मिणि । अन्योअस्माज्जायते देहस्तमाहु: सत्त्वसंक्षयम्
tasmin gūḍhe ca dagdhe ca bhinne maraṇadharmiṇi | anyo ’smāj jāyate dehas tam āhuḥ sattvasaṃkṣayam ||
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ເມື່ອກຸ່ມເຫດນັ້ນຍັງຊ່ອນຢູ່, ແລະເມື່ອຮ່າງກາຍອັນເປັນທຳມະດາຕ້ອງຕາຍ ຖືກແຕກທຳລາຍແລ້ວ, ຮ່າງກາຍອື່ນກໍເກີດຂຶ້ນຈາກນັ້ນ—ນີ້ແມ່ນສິ່ງທີ່ເຂົາເຈົ້າເອີ້ນວ່າ ‘ການຫຼຸດລົງຂອງສັດຕະວະ’ (ເຄື່ອງມືພາຍໃນ). ແຕ່ເມື່ອອະວິຊາ ແລະເງື່ອນໄຂເຫດຂອງມັນ ຖືກເຜົາໃຫ້ໝົດໂດຍປັນຍາ, ຫຼັງຈາກຮ່າງກາຍລົ້ມລົງ ກໍມີການສິ້ນສຸດຂອງສັດຕະວະ/ພຸດທິ ເອງ—ນີ້ແມ່ນສິ່ງທີ່ເຂົາເຈົ້າເອີ້ນວ່າ ຄວາມຫຼຸດພົ້ນ.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
As long as ignorance and its latent causal forces remain, the destruction of one mortal body leads to the arising of another (rebirth). When those causes are ‘burned’ by true knowledge, then after the body falls there is no further production of embodiment; the inner instrument (sattva/buddhi) itself comes to cessation—this is described as moksha.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Bhishma explains to the listener the mechanism of continued embodiment versus release: ordinary death does not end the cycle if the causal seeds remain, but knowledge that destroys ignorance ends the conditions for another birth.