Shloka 30
Haṃsa–Sādhya Saṃvāda: Satya, Dama, Kṣamā and the Discipline of Speech
'जो प्राणियोंके जन्म, मृत्यु और चेष्टाओंको ठीक-ठीक जानता है, वह भी इस संसारमें मुक्त ही है! ।।
bhīṣma uvāca | yaḥ prāṇināṃ janma-mṛtyu-ceṣṭāḥ samyag yathāvat jānāti sa api asmin saṃsāre mukta eva | prasthaṃ vāha-sahasreṣu yātrārthaṃ caiva koṭiṣu | prāsāde mañcakaṃ sthānaṃ yaḥ paśyati sa mucyate ||
毗湿摩说：凡能如实了知众生之生、之死与诸行止者，即使住于此世，亦已得解脱。又如：在为行旅所备、堆积如千车乃至亿万之资粮中，若有人以仅一「钵罗萨他」（prastha）之量足以维生，不复贪求积聚；又在广大神殿之内，仅以铺设卧具所需的一隅为足——此人便从系缚中解脱。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is supported by right understanding and contentment: knowing the realities of life (birth, death, and the drives of beings) and limiting one’s wants to what is truly necessary—food enough to live and space enough to rest—cuts the roots of greed and attachment.
In Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma and the path toward peace and freedom. Here he uses vivid measures—prastha of food amid vast stores, and a small bed-space within a palace—to illustrate inner renunciation even while living amid abundance.