Shloka 32
Haṃsa–Sādhya Saṃvāda: Satya, Dama, Kṣamā and the Discipline of Speech
यः पश्यति स संतुष्टो न पश्यंश्व विहन्यते | यश्चाप्यल्पेन संतुष्टो लोकेडस्मिन् मुक्त एव सः
yaḥ paśyati sa santuṣṭo na paśyaṁś ca vihanyate | yaś cāpy alpena santuṣṭo loke 'smin mukta eva saḥ ||
毗湿摩说：“如实见者，便得知足，由知足而得自在；不如实见者，则被击倒——陷于生死轮回之中。凡能以少为足者，即在此世亦已解脱。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True perception (right seeing) leads to contentment, and contentment is presented as a mark of liberation; lack of such insight keeps one vulnerable to suffering and bound to saṁsāra. Even satisfaction with small gains is praised as practical freedom while living.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and the path beyond sorrow, Bhīṣma teaches Yudhiṣṭhira that inner vision and contentment—not external accumulation—are decisive for freedom, contrasting the liberated person with one who remains trapped in repeated birth and death.