Shloka 32
अध्याय १७८ — प्राणवायुगतिः तथा शारीराग्निव्यवस्था
Adhyāya 178 — The courses of prāṇa-vāyu and the regulation of the bodily fire
विहरिष्याम्यनासक्त: सुखी लोकान् निरामय: । यया मां त्वं पुनर्नैंवं दुःखेषु प्रणिधास्यसि
viharīṣyāmy anāsaktaḥ sukhī lokān nirāmayaḥ | yayā māṃ tvaṃ punar naivaṃ duḥkheṣu praṇidhāsyasi ||
ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഞാൻ അനാസക്തനായി, സുഖിയായി, നിരാമയനായി സർവ്വലോകങ്ങളിലും വിഹരിക്കും; ആ മാർഗ്ഗം കൊണ്ടുതന്നെ നീ വീണ്ടും എന്നെ ഇങ്ങനെ ദുഃഖത്തിലേക്ക് തള്ളാൻ കഴിയുകയില്ല.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes anāsakti (non-attachment) as a safeguard against recurring duḥkha (suffering): by living unattached and inwardly free, one is no longer driven back into the same patterns of pain.
Bhishma, speaking in the Shanti Parva’s instruction-setting, declares his resolve to move through existence without attachment and without affliction, indicating a spiritual stance that prevents being thrown again into suffering.