Shloka 17
जनकस्य मोक्षमार्गप्रश्नः तथा पञ्चशिखोपदेश-प्रस्तावः | Janaka’s Path to Liberation: Prelude to Pañcaśikha’s Instruction
बीजान्यग्न्युपदग्धानि न रोहन्ति यथा पुन: । ज्ञानदग्धैस्तथा क्लेशैरनत्मा सम्पद्यते पुनः:
bījāny agny-upadagdhāni na rohanti yathā punaḥ | jñāna-dagdhais tathā kleśair anātmā sampadyate punaḥ ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Kung paanong ang binhing tinusta ng apoy ay hindi na muling sisibol, gayon din kapag ang mga pighati at dumi ng kamangmangan ay nasunog sa apoy ng tunay na kaalaman, ang nilalang na may katawan ay hindi na babalik upang ipanganak sa mundong ito.”
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.