Shloka 47
Haṃsa–Sādhya Saṃvāda: Satya, Dama, Kṣamā and the Discipline of Speech
“मेरे इस वचनको सुनकर तुम अपनी बुद्धिको व्याकुलतासे रहित बनाकर गृहस्थाश्रममें या संन्यास-आश्रममें चाहे जहाँ रहकर मुक्तकी भाँति आचरण करो' ।।
tat tasya vacanaṁ śrutvā samyak sa pṛthivīpatiḥ | mokṣajaiś ca guṇair yuktaḥ pālayāmāsa ca prajāḥ || rājā sagaro 'riṣṭanemike uparyukta-upadeśaṁ bhalībhāṁti śrutvā mokṣopayogī guṇaiḥ sampannaḥ prajā-pālanaṁ kartum ārabdhavān |
毗湿摩说道：“既闻我之劝诫，当令心智远离躁动；无论行家住之道，抑或出离之途，都当如已解脱者而行。” 地上之主——萨伽罗王——详听其言，具足趋向解脱之德，遂致力于护持百姓、善治其民。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
One should remove mental agitation and live in any legitimate āśrama—householder or renunciant—while cultivating mokṣa-oriented virtues; inner freedom is expressed through disciplined conduct, not merely through external status.
After Bhishma’s instruction, the king (identified here as Sagara in the prose note) listens carefully, adopts virtues conducive to liberation, and turns to righteous rule—protecting and sustaining his people as an ethical duty.