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 ||
ਭੀਸ਼ਮ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਮੈਂ ਅਨਾਸਕਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ, ਸੁਖੀ ਅਤੇ ਨਿਰਾਮਯ ਰਹਿੰਦਿਆਂ, ਸਭ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਿਚਰਾਂਗਾ; ਅਤੇ ਉਸੇ ਉਪਾਅ ਨਾਲ ਤੂੰ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਫਿਰ ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੁੱਖਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਹੀਂ ਸੁੱਟ ਸਕੇਂਗਾ।
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.