Shloka 46
Śakra–Namuci-saṃvāda: Śoka-nivāraṇa and Daiva-vicāra
Indra and Namuci on grief, composure, and inevitability
श्रुतिप्रमाणागममड़लै श्व शेते जरामृत्युभयादभीत: । क्षीणे च पुण्ये विगते च पापे ततो निमित्ते च फले विनष्टे । अलेपमाकाशमलिड्मेव- मास्थाय पश्यन्ति महत्यसक्ता:
śruti-pramāṇāgama-maṅgalaiḥ śete jarā-mṛtyu-bhayād abhītaḥ | kṣīṇe ca puṇye vigate ca pāpe tato nimitte ca phale vinaṣṭe | alepam ākāśam aliptam eva māsthāya paśyanti mahati asaktāḥ ||
毗湿摩说：省察吠陀之权威证成，并依诸论典所示吉祥修持而行，人便离老死之怖，安然得寐。及至福德与罪业俱尽，由此而生的乐与苦亦随之灭没——因缘与其果报皆已消融——则对万有全然无著者，安住于至上我，清净无染如虚空，并得亲证而见之。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Scriptural discernment and disciplined practice remove existential fear; when karmic merit and demerit and their results are exhausted, complete non-attachment enables direct realization of the stainless Supreme Self, likened to the sky.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira on liberation-oriented dharma: he explains how reliance on śruti and śāstra-guided practice leads from fearlessness to the dissolution of karmic causality and culminates in Brahman-realization.