Shloka 13
Vimokṣa-niścaya: Pañcaśikha’s Analysis of Aggregates, Guṇas, and Tyāga (मोक्षनिर्णयः)
यद्वत् कान्तारमातिष्ठ न्नौत्सुक्यं समनुव्रजेत् । ग्राम्यमाहारमादद्यादस्वाद्गपि हि यापनम्
yadvat kāntāram ātiṣṭhan nautsukyaṃ samanuvrajet | grāmyaṃ āhāram ādad yād asvādag api hi yāpanam ||
毗湿摩说道：“譬如居于荒林之人不逐口欲之贪，但为维持此身，纵使粗朴乡食、淡而无味亦能受用；同样，居于世间如林之居士，勤于正当劳作，当取清净、属萨埵（sāttvika）之食，仅为维生而已，如病者服药，唯为保命。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Do not let taste and luxury drive one’s life. Accept simple, pure food only to sustain the body, treating nourishment like medicine—necessary for duty, not an object of indulgence.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on righteous living. Here he uses the example of a forest-dwelling ascetic who eats plain food without craving, applying the same principle to the householder living amid worldly pressures.