Shloka 2
मोक्षधर्मः — स्नेहपाशच्छेदः
Mokṣa-dharma: Cutting the Bonds of Attachment
भीष्म उवाच मोक्षधर्मेषु निरतो लघ्वाहारो जितेन्द्रिय: । प्राप्रोति परमं स्थान यत् परं प्रकृतेर्धुवम्
bhīṣma uvāca | mokṣadharmeṣu nirato laghvāhāro jitendriyaḥ | prāpnoti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yat paraṃ prakṛter dhruvam ||
भीष्म म्हणाले—राजन्! जो पुरुष मोक्षधर्मांत तत्पर, मिताहारी आणि जितेंद्रिय असतो, तो प्रकृतीच्या पलीकडील परब्रह्म परमात्म्याचे अविनाशी परमधाम प्राप्त करतो.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is attained through steady commitment to moksha-oriented dharma: moderation in food (laghvāhāra) and mastery over the senses (jitendriya). Such inner discipline leads to the imperishable supreme state beyond prakṛti.
In the Shanti Parva’s Mokshadharma discourse, Bhishma instructs the king on the means to the highest good, emphasizing ascetic restraint and sense-control as qualifications for reaching the transcendent, deathless abode.