Shloka 35
प्रजाविसर्ग-तत्त्वनिर्णयः | Cosmogony of Elemental Emergence
Bharadvāja–Bhṛgu Dialogue
नास्ति विद्यासमं चक्षुर्नास्ति सत्यसमं तपः । नास्ति रागसमं दुःखं नास्ति त्यागसमं सुखम्,संसारमें विद्या (ज्ञान)-के समान कोई नेत्र नहीं है, सत्यके समान कोई तप नहीं है, आसक्ति एवं क्रोधके समान कोई दुःख नहीं है और त्यागके समान कोई सुख नहीं है
nāsti vidyāsamaṃ cakṣur nāsti satyasamaṃ tapaḥ | nāsti rāgasamaṃ duḥkhaṃ nāsti tyāgasamaṃ sukham ||
ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു— വിദ്യയെപ്പോലെ കണ്ണില്ല; സത്യത്തെപ്പോലെ തപസ്സില്ല. ആസക്തിയെപ്പോലെ ദുഃഖമില്ല; ത്യാഗത്തെപ്പോലെ സുഖമില്ല.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma teaches a hierarchy of inner values: knowledge is the highest ‘vision’ for life; truthfulness is the strongest form of austerity; attachment is the deepest source of suffering; and renunciation—releasing possessiveness and craving—is the greatest happiness.
In Śānti Parva, after the war, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and the means to peace. This verse is a compact aphorism within that instruction, summarizing practical spiritual ethics for a ruler and for anyone seeking inner steadiness.