Shloka 13
अन्तवन्ति च भूतानि गुणयुक्तानि पश्यत: । उत्पत्तिनिधनज्ञस्थ कि कार्यमवशिष्यते,“जो गुणयुक्त सम्पूर्ण भूतोंको नाशवान् देखता है तथा उत्पत्ति और प्रलयके तत्त्वको जानता है, उसके लिये यहाँ कौन-सा कार्य अवशिष्ट रह जाता है?
antavanti ca bhūtāni guṇa-yuktāni paśyataḥ | utpatti-nidhana-jñastha kiṁ kāryam avaśiṣyate ||
अन्तवन्ति च भूतानि गुणयुक्तानि पश्यतः । उत्पत्तिनिधनज्ञस्य किं कार्यमवशिष्यते ॥
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Seeing all beings as impermanent and guṇa-made, and knowing the law of arising and dissolution, dissolves the sense of binding obligation; one becomes inwardly complete, acting (if at all) without compulsion or attachment.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhishma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira by emphasizing a jñāna-based perspective: insight into impermanence and the guṇas leads toward renunciation and freedom from the pressure of ‘must-do’ action.