Shloka 7
Adhyāya 241: Guṇa-sṛṣṭi, Kṣetrajña-sākṣitva, and Śama through Ātma-jñāna (गुणसृष्टिः, क्षेत्रज्ञसाक्षित्वं, शमः)
कर्मणा बध्यते जन्तुर्विद्यया तु प्रमुच्यते । तस्मात् कर्म न कुर्वन्ति यतय: पारदर्शिन:,“सकामकर्मसे मनुष्य बन्धनमें पड़ता है और ज्ञानसे मुक्त हो जाता है, अतः दूरदर्शी यति कर्म नहीं करते हैं
karmaṇā badhyate jantur vidyayā tu pramucyate | tasmāt karma na kurvanti yatayaḥ pāradarśinaḥ ||
毗湿摩说：众生因业而缚，因真知而解脱。是故远见的苦行者不事于业——他们明白：由欲望驱使的作为，会将灵魂牢系于系缚；而洞见则引向解脱。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Actions performed with attachment to results create bondage for the embodied being, whereas liberating knowledge (vidyā) leads to release; hence discerning renunciants avoid result-producing action and prioritize insight that ends saṃsāra.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhishma teaches Yudhiṣṭhira about the contrast between karmic bondage and freedom through knowledge, presenting the renunciant ideal of the far-seeing yati.