Shloka 48
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
अविज्ञानाच्च मूढात्मा पुन: पुनरुपाद्रवत् । प्रेत्य जातिसहस्राणि मरणान्तान्युपाश्ुते
avijñānāc ca mūḍhātmā punaḥ punar upādravat | pretya jātisahasrāṇi maraṇāntāny upāśnute ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Dahil sa kakulangan ng tunay na kaalaman, ang nalilinlang na sarili ay muling-muling sumusuong sa pag-iral sa daigdig. Pagkaraan ng kamatayan, muli at muli nitong dinaranas ang wakas ng buhay—tinatanggap ang pagdurusa ng pagsilang at pagpanaw sa libu-libong anyo ng buhay.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ignorance of the true nature of reality leads a person to repeated entanglement in saṃsāra; without right knowledge, one continues to undergo countless births that inevitably end in death and suffering.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhīṣma is teaching that delusion and lack of discernment drive beings back into repeated worldly existence, resulting in continual experience of birth-and-death across many forms.