Shloka 51
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
यस्मादगाधादव्यक्तादुत्तीर्णस्त्वं सनातनात् । तस्मात् त्वं विरजाश्वैव वितमस्कश्न पार्थिव
yasmād agādhād avyaktād uttīrṇas tvaṃ sanātanāt | tasmāt tvaṃ virajāś caiva vitamaskaś ca pārthiva ||
Bhīṣma disse: “Uma vez que atravessaste para além daquele oceano do devir—insondável, não manifesto e sem começo—por isso, ó rei, agora te tornaste livre de rajas e livre também de tamas.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that one who truly crosses the 'unmanifest and unfathomable' condition of worldly becoming attains inner purification: freedom from rajas (restless passion) and tamas (delusion and inertia). This is presented as a mark of mature dharma—clarity, restraint, and steadiness suitable for righteous life and rule.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction to the king, Bhishma praises the listener’s progress: by receiving and assimilating the teaching, the king is said to have crossed the ever-flowing ocean of worldly existence, and thus become free from the lower gunas (rajas and tamas), moving toward a more sattvic, discerning state.