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जनकस्य मोक्षमार्गप्रश्नः तथा पञ्चशिखोपदेश-प्रस्तावः | Janaka’s Path to Liberation: Prelude to Pañcaśikha’s Instruction
बीजान्यग्न्युपदग्धानि न रोहन्ति यथा पुन: । ज्ञानदग्धैस्तथा क्लेशैरनत्मा सम्पद्यते पुनः:,जैसे आगमें भूने हुए बीज नहीं उगते, उसी प्रकार ज्ञानरूपी अग्निसे अविद्यादि सब क्लेशोंके दग्ध हो जानेपर जीवात्माको फिर इस संसारमें जन्म नहीं लेना पड़ता
bījāny agny-upadagdhāni na rohanti yathā punaḥ | jñāna-dagdhais tathā kleśair anātmā sampadyate punaḥ ||
बीजान्यग्न्युपदग्धानि न रोहन्ति यथा पुनः । ज्ञानदग्धैस्तथा क्लेशैरनात्मा सम्पद्यते पुनः ॥
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberating knowledge functions like fire: it burns the roots of suffering (kleśas) such as ignorance, and when these causes are destroyed, the cycle of rebirth does not continue—just as burned seeds cannot germinate.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhīṣma teaches Yudhiṣṭhira using a vivid analogy: the destruction of the causes of bondage through knowledge prevents further return to saṃsāra.