Shloka 44
Śānti-parva 168: Śoka-nivṛtti-buddhi (The Cognition that Reduces Grief) and Piṅgalā’s Nairāśya
यो वै न पापे निरतो न पुण्ये नार्थ न धर्मे मनुजो न कामे । विमुक्तदोष: समलोष्टकाञज्चनो विमुच्यते दुःखसुखार्थसिद्धे:
yō vai na pāpe nirato na puṇye nārthe na dharme manujo na kāme | vimuktadoṣaḥ samaloṣṭakāñcano vimucyate duḥkhasukhārthasiddheḥ ||
由提湿提罗说道：那人既不沉溺于罪，也不执著于福德；不为求财所驱使，甚至不把宗教义务当作手段而系缚；亦不迷没于欲乐——既已脱离一切过失——便从那些带来乐与苦的成就中解脱。在那解脱之境，他以平等之见视土块与黄金无二。
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is described as a state of radical non-attachment: one is not driven by sin, merit, wealth, ritualized duty pursued for gain, or sensual desire. When faults fall away, even extraordinary attainments that produce pleasure and pain no longer bind; the liberated person sees gold and a clod of earth as equal.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Yudhiṣṭhira articulates a renunciant ideal: the marks of a freed person are inner purity, detachment from worldly aims, and equanimity toward value-laden objects like gold.