Shloka 9
जनकस्य मोक्षमार्गप्रश्नः तथा पञ्चशिखोपदेश-प्रस्तावः | Janaka’s Path to Liberation: Prelude to Pañcaśikha’s Instruction
स्निग्धत्वात् तिलवत् सर्व चक्रेडस्मिन् पीड्यते जगत् । तिलपीडैरिवाक्रम्य भोगैरज्ञानसम्भवै:
snigdhatvāt tilavat sarvaṃ cakre 'smin pīḍyate jagat | tilapīḍair ivākramya bhogair ajñānasambhavaiḥ ||
毗湿摩说：由于黏著的执取——如含油丰盈的芝麻——整个世界都被压在世间生成之轮中。正如芝麻在榨油机里被碾碎，众生也被无明所生的诸乐反复磨碎，于是被迫在轮回（saṃsāra）之中周转不息。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attachment (āsakti), rooted in ignorance (ajñāna/avidyā), makes beings vulnerable to being ‘crushed’ by sense-pleasures; these pleasures perpetuate bondage and keep the world turning in the wheel of saṃsāra. The ethical thrust is to cultivate discernment and detachment so that one is not driven by ignorant enjoyment.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and liberation-oriented wisdom. Here he uses a vivid simile: just as oily sesame is pressed in an oil-mill, the world—because it clings and sticks—is pressed and overpowered by ignorance-born enjoyments, and thus continues to revolve in worldly existence.