Shloka 70
श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः
Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma
प्रजाविसर्ग च सुखेन काले प्रत्येत्य देवेषु सुखानि भुक्त्वा । सुखेन संयास्यथ सिद्धसंख्यां मा वो भयं भूद् विमला: स्थ सर्वे
prajāvisargaṃ ca sukhena kāle pratyetya deveṣu sukhāni bhuktvā | sukhena saṃnyāsyatha siddhasaṃkhyāṃ mā vo bhayaṃ bhūd vimalāḥ stha sarve ||
Sinabi ni Bhīṣma: “Sa takdang panahon, masaya ninyong lilikhain ang lahi sa pamamagitan ng mga supling; at pag-alis sa mundong ito, mararating ninyo ang mga daigdig ng mga diyos at tatamasa ng makalangit na ligaya. Pagkaraan, madali ninyong tatalikdan ang lahat at makakamtan ang kaganapan, at mabibilang sa mga Siddha. Huwag hayaang sumibol ang takot sa inyo—manatili kayong panatag, sapagkat kayong lahat ay dalisay at walang kasalanan.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma affirms a dharmic life-sequence: fulfill household responsibilities (including procreation) at the proper time, attain heavenly results through merit, and ultimately move toward renunciation and spiritual perfection—therefore the listeners should be free of fear because their conduct is pure.
In Shanti Parva, Bhishma is instructing and consoling his audience with a promise of auspicious outcomes: they will live rightly, reach the gods’ realms, and later attain the status of Siddhas; he explicitly removes their anxiety by declaring them stainless and sinless.