Shloka 16
मोक्षधर्मः — स्नेहपाशच्छेदः
Mokṣa-dharma: Cutting the Bonds of Attachment
अभ्यस्तं भौतिकं पश्यन् भूतानामागतिं गतिम् । निःस्पृह: समदर्शी च पक््वापक्वेन वर्तयन् । आत्मना य: प्रशान्तात्मा लघ्वाहारो जितेन्द्रिय:
abhyastaṃ bhautikaṃ paśyan bhūtānām āgatiṃ gatiṃ | niḥspṛhaḥ samadarśī ca pakvāpakvena vartayan | ātmanā yaḥ praśāntātmā laghvāhāro jitendriyaḥ ||
毗湿摩说：“凡已习于观照物质世界，注视众生之来去——其来临与离去——者，便能离贪无求，平等观照。于成熟者与未成熟者之间往来而不偏私，此人内心寂静，饮食适度，诸根已伏。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Cultivate disciplined observation of worldly change—beings continually arrive and depart. From this insight arises detachment (niḥspṛhatā), impartial vision (samadarśitā), and steady conduct toward both the mature and immature, supported by serenity, moderation in food, and mastery of the senses.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhishma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira by describing the marks of a spiritually mature person: one who sees the transient flow of embodied life and therefore lives without craving, with equal regard, and with disciplined self-restraint.