Shloka 34
Śrī–Indra–Bali Saṃvāda: The Departure and Fourfold Placement of Lakṣmī
तस्मिन् गूढे च दग्धे च भिन्ने मरणधर्मिणि । अन्योअस्माज्जायते देहस्तमाहु: सत्त्वसंक्षयम्
tasmin gūḍhe ca dagdhe ca bhinne maraṇadharmiṇi | anyo ’smāj jāyate dehas tam āhuḥ sattvasaṃkṣayam ||
毗湿摩说道：当那因缘之聚仍潜伏不显，而可死之身破裂毁灭之时，便由此而生另一具身——他们称之为“萨埵（内在器官）的减损”。但当无明及其因缘被智慧焚尽，则于身坏之后，萨埵/菩提（心识与理智）本身亦归于穷尽——他们说，这便是解脱。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
As long as ignorance and its latent causal forces remain, the destruction of one mortal body leads to the arising of another (rebirth). When those causes are ‘burned’ by true knowledge, then after the body falls there is no further production of embodiment; the inner instrument (sattva/buddhi) itself comes to cessation—this is described as moksha.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Bhishma explains to the listener the mechanism of continued embodiment versus release: ordinary death does not end the cycle if the causal seeds remain, but knowledge that destroys ignorance ends the conditions for another birth.