Shloka 45
Śakra–Namuci-saṃvāda: Śoka-nivāraṇa and Daiva-vicāra
Indra and Namuci on grief, composure, and inevitability
दृढेहिं पाशैर्बहुभिविंमुक्त: प्रजानिमित्तैरपि दैवतैश्न । यदा हासौ सुखदुःखे जहाति मुक्तस्तदाग्र्यां गतिमेत्यलिज्र:
dṛḍhaiḥ pāśair bahubhir vimuktaḥ prajā-nimittair api daivataiś ca | yadā hy asau sukha-duḥkhe jahāti muktaḥ tadāgryāṃ gatim eti aliṅgaḥ ||
संततीविषयी आसक्ती आणि विविध देवतांना प्रसन्न करण्यासाठी फलाची इच्छा धरून केलेली कर्मे—ही सर्व मनुष्याला अनेक प्रकारची दृढ बंधने आहेत. जेव्हा तो या बंधनांतून मुक्त होऊन सुख-दुःखाची चिंता सोडतो, तेव्हा सूक्ष्मदेहाभिमानाचा त्याग करून तो अलिंग, सर्वोच्च गतीला पोहोचतो।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attachments—especially to progeny and to result-seeking ritual actions aimed at pleasing various deities—function as strong bonds. Liberation is described as dropping fixation on pleasure and pain and relinquishing identification with the subtle body, thereby attaining the supreme, attribute-less goal.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma continues his discourse on renunciation and the path to the highest good, explaining how common worldly motivations create bondage and how inner detachment leads to the supreme state.