Shloka 129
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
इदं मे स्यादिदं नेति द्वन्द्वैर्मुक्तस्य मैथिल । कासि कस्य कुतो वेति वचनै: कि प्रयोजनम्,मिथिलानरेश! “यह मुझे प्राप्त हो जाय, यह न हो।' इत्यादि रूपसे जो द्वन्द्धवविषयक चिन्ता प्राप्त होती है, उससे यदि आप मुक्त हैं तो “आप कौन हैं? किसकी हैं? अथवा कहाँसे आयी हैं?” इन वचनोंद्वारा प्रश्न करनेसे आपका कया प्रयोजन है?
idaṃ me syād idaṃ neti dvandvair muktasya maithila | kāsi kasya kuto veti vacanaiḥ ki prayojanam mithilānareśa ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “O hari ng Mithilā, kung malaya ka na sa mga salungatang nagbubunsod ng mga isip na gaya ng ‘Nawa’y mapasakin ako ito’ at ‘Nawa’y huwag itong mangyari,’ ano pa ang saysay ng pagtatanong sa mga salitang ‘Sino ka? Kanino ka nabibilang? O saan ka nagmula?’”
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Freedom from dvandvas (dualities of desire and aversion) makes identity-based questioning—‘who are you, whose are you, where are you from’—ethically and spiritually secondary. The verse points to a liberated outlook where inner equanimity matters more than social labels or origins.
Bhishma addresses the king of Mithila (Janaka) and comments on a situation involving a woman being questioned. He argues that if one is truly beyond dualistic craving and fear, then interrogations about personal identity and provenance have little practical or spiritual value.