Shloka 11
Adhyāya 241: Guṇa-sṛṣṭi, Kṣetrajña-sākṣitva, and Śama through Ātma-jñāna (गुणसृष्टिः, क्षेत्रज्ञसाक्षित्वं, शमः)
कर्मण: फलमाप्रोति सुखदु:खे भवाभवौ | विद्यया तदवाप्रोति यत्र गत्वा न शोचति
karmaṇaḥ phalam āpnoti sukhaduḥkhe bhavābhavau | vidyayā tad avāpnoti yatra gatvā na śocati ||
毗湿摩开示：业行之果，自然是乐与苦，以及生起与止息之轮回（生与死）。凭业行，人只能得到这些有为的结果；而凭真实之知，则能到达至高之境，既至其处，便不复忧悲。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Karma produces finite, dualistic results—pleasure/pain and continued samsaric becoming (birth and death). Liberating knowledge (vidyā) leads to the supreme state beyond these results, where sorrow ceases.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhishma addresses the listener (Yudhishthira in this section) and contrasts the outcomes of action with the higher attainment gained through knowledge, emphasizing the path toward freedom from grief.