Shloka 9
Haṃsa–Sādhya Saṃvāda: Satya, Dama, Kṣamā and the Discipline of Speech
भार्या पुत्रवतीं वृद्धां लालितां पुत्रवत्सलाम् | ज्ञात्वा प्रजहि कालेन परार्थमनुदृश्य च
bhāryā putravatīṁ vṛddhāṁ lālitāṁ putravatsalām | jñātvā prajahi kālena parārtham anudṛśya ca ||
毗湿摩说道：“当你知晓你的妻子在生育儿子之后已然年迈——为诸子所珍爱奉养，而她亦对诸子满怀慈母之情——那时，当以人之最高目的，即解脱（moksha），为所瞻望，适时舍离爱著而行。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
When family responsibilities are fulfilled—children are grown and able to care for the household—one should cultivate detachment and, keeping mokṣa as the supreme aim, withdraw from clinging to domestic life at the appropriate time.
Bhīṣma is instructing on dharma and life-stages: he describes a situation where the wife is old and supported by sons, and advises timely renunciation—shifting one’s focus from household duties to the pursuit of liberation.