Shloka 21
मोक्षधर्मः — स्नेहपाशच्छेदः
Mokṣa-dharma: Cutting the Bonds of Attachment
विजानतां मोक्ष एष श्रम: स्यादविजानताम् । मोक्षयानमिदं कृत्स्नं विदुषां हारितो5ब्रवीत्
vijānātāṁ mokṣa eṣa śramaḥ syād avijānātām | mokṣayānam idaṁ kṛtsnaṁ viduṣāṁ hārito ’bravīt ||
毗湿摩说道：“真正明了者，此一修持即成解脱；不明了者，则不过徒劳辛苦。圣者诃利多宣示：对智者而言，此整条法之道乃‘趋向摩诃叉（moksha）的乘具’——载人至自由之舟车。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The same religious discipline—especially renunciation grounded in insight—liberates the one who understands its purpose, but becomes mere exhausting ritual for one who lacks true knowledge. Wisdom transforms practice into moksha; ignorance reduces it to labor.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhīṣma teaches Yudhiṣṭhira and supports his point by citing the authority of the sage Hārita, who calls the complete dharmic path a ‘vehicle to moksha’ for the wise.