Shloka 25
श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः
Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma
अकमर्ण: फलं चैव स एव परमव्यय: । छन्दांसि यस्य रोमाणि हाक्षरं च सरस्वती,“कर्मोंका त्यागरूप जो संन्यास है, उसका फल भी वे ही अविनाशी परमात्मा हैं। वेद- मन्त्र उनके रोम हैं तथा प्रणव उनकी वाणी है
akarmaṇaḥ phalaṃ caiva sa eva paramāvyayaḥ | chandāṃsi yasya romāṇi hākṣaraṃ ca sarasvatī ||
ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു— അകർമ്മലക്ഷണമായ സന്ന്യാസത്തിന്റെ ഫലവും അവൻ തന്നെയാണ്, ആ പരമ അവ്യയൻ. ഛന്ദസ്സുകൾ അവന്റെ രോമങ്ങൾ; പ്രണവമായ ‘ഓം’—സരസ്വതിയോടുകൂടി—അവന്റെ വാക്ക്.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True renunciation (akarma in the sense of relinquishing egoic doership and attachment) culminates in the Supreme Imperishable itself; the verse also presents a cosmic-body symbolism where the Veda (its metres and the sacred syllable Om) is rooted in that Supreme Reality.
In Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma and the highest good after the war; here he elevates the discussion from conduct to metaphysical vision, identifying the ultimate fruit of renunciation with the imperishable Supreme and portraying Vedic sound as an aspect of that Supreme.