Shloka 147
सामान्या निष्कृति:ः प्राज्ञ यो मोक्षात् प्रत्यनन्तरम्
sāmānyā niṣkṛtiḥ prājña yo mokṣāt praty-anantaram
Sinabi ni Bhishma: “O marunong, ang karaniwang paraan ng pagtubos o paglinis ng kasalanan ay yaong sumusunod kaagad matapos ang paghahangad sa moksha—ang paglaya.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma links ethical repair (niṣkṛti, expiation) with the immediate orientation toward mokṣa: the most universal remedy for wrongdoing is to turn one’s life promptly toward liberation—through inner restraint, truthfulness, and detachment—rather than relying only on external rites.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma after the war. Here he states a principle about expiation: a broadly applicable atonement is the immediate adoption of a mokṣa-directed path, implying that moral purification is completed by sincere inner transformation.