Shloka 6
शुकस्य योगसिद्धिः (Śuka’s Yogic Attainment and Ascent)
एवमुक्त: स वैदेहं प्रत्युवाचापरोक्षवित् । निवृत्तिर्न तयोरस्ति नानिवृत्ति: कथठ्चन
evam uktaḥ sa vaidehaṁ pratyuvāca aparokṣavit | nivṛttir na tayor asti nānivṛttiḥ kathaṁcana ||
Nang masabi ito, ang pantas—na may tuwirang kaalaman—ay sumagot sa hari ng Videha: “Walang ganap na pagkapawi sa dalawang iyon—katandaan at kamatayan; ngunit hindi rin totoo na ang pagkapawi nila’y lubos na imposible sa anumang paraan. Hindi sila napagtatagumpayan sa yaman o kapangyarihang makamundo; datapwat sa pamamagitan ng kaalaman, ang ikot ng muling pagsilang ay maaaring wakasan—at kung gayon, ano pa ang masasabi tungkol sa katandaan at kamatayan?”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Worldly means cannot abolish old age and death, but liberating knowledge can end rebirth (saṁsāra); with the end of rebirth, the problem of recurring old age and death is transcended.
Bhishma reports a teaching episode: when the king of Videha questions him, the sage Pañcaśikha—described as a knower of direct realization—answers by distinguishing between ordinary, worldly attempts to avoid aging and death and the deeper spiritual solution of knowledge leading to liberation.