Shloka 133
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
प्रिय अथवा अप्रियमें, दुर्बल अथवा बलवानमें जिसकी समदृष्टि नहीं है, उसमें मुक्तका क्या लक्षण है? ।।
tad-ayuktasya te mokṣe yo 'bhimāno bhaven nṛpa | suhṛd-dhiḥ saṃnivāryas te viraktasyeva bheṣajam ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: O hari, kung hindi ka tunay na disiplinado sa yoga ngunit nagkakaroon ka ng pagmamataas na nakamit mo na ang paglaya, ang mismong paniwalang iyon ay dapat pigilan ng iyong mga nagmamalasakit—gaya ng pag-alis ng gamot sa maysakit na ayaw sumunod sa itinakdang pag-iingat. Sapagkat kung walang pantay na pagtanaw sa kaaya-aya at di-kaaya-aya, sa mahina at sa malakas, anong tanda ng kalayaan ang maaaring taglayin?
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is not a claim but a lived state marked by equanimity; prideful identification with 'I am liberated' in the absence of yogic discipline is a delusion that should be corrected by wise friends.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner freedom, Bhishma admonishes the king that mere self-assertion of jīvanmukti without the actual qualities of yoga—especially even-mindedness toward opposites—must be restrained, illustrated by the analogy of withholding medicine from an undisciplined patient.