Shloka 26
Doṣa-Parīkṣā and Guṇa-Viveka
Examination of Faults and Discernment of the Guṇas
धर्मादुत्कृष्यते श्रेयस्तथाश्रेयोडप्यधर्मत: । रागवान् प्रकृतिं होति विरक्तो ज्ञानवान् भवेत्
dharmād utkr̥ṣyate śreyas tathāśreyo 'py adharmataḥ | rāgavān prakr̥tiṁ hoti virakto jñānavān bhavet ||
毗湿摩说：由达摩，真实之善得以增上；由非达摩，连安乐亦转为祸害。为贪著所驱者，复堕自然之势与其冲动之中；离著之人则具真知，由此趋向解脱。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma increases śreyas (the higher good), while adharma produces aśreyas (harm). Attachment (rāga) binds one to prakṛti and its compulsions; detachment (virāga) supports true knowledge (jñāna), which leads toward freedom.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on right conduct and inner discipline after the war. Here he contrasts the outcomes of dharma versus adharma and links ethical life with the psychological-spiritual shift from attachment to knowledge and liberation.