Shloka 33
त्रिवर्गविचारः
Tri-varga Deliberation: Dharma, Artha, Kāma
ज्ञानारामस्य बुद्धस्य सर्वभूताविरोधिन: । नावृत्तिभयमस्तीह परलोकभयं कुत:,जिसका किसी भी प्राणीके साथ विरोध नहीं है, जो ज्ञानस्वरूप आत्मामें रमता रहता है, ऐसे ज्ञानीको इस लोकमें पुन: जन्म लेनेका भय ही नहीं रहता, फिर उसे परलोकका भय कैसे हो सकता है?
jñānārāmasya buddhasya sarvabhūtāvirodhinaḥ | nāvṛttibhayam astīha paralokabhayaṃ kutaḥ ||
Disse Bhīṣma: “Para o sábio desperto que se deleita no Si, cuja natureza é conhecimento, e que não nutre hostilidade contra ser algum, não há aqui medo de retornar ao nascimento. Como, então, poderia haver medo do mundo além?”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Freedom from fear arises from two linked attainments: abiding in the Self as knowledge (jñānārāma) and complete non-hostility toward all beings (sarvabhūtāvirodhin). Such a person is not bound to return to rebirth (āvṛtti), and therefore has no anxiety about the afterlife (paraloka).
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhīṣma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira by describing the marks of a liberated, awakened person: one who is inwardly established in knowledge and outwardly harmless to all beings, thereby transcending fear of both this world and the next.