Shloka 131
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
त्रिवर्ग सप्तधा व्यक्त यो न वेदेह कर्मसु । सड़वान् यस्त्रिवर्गंण कि तस्मिन् मुक्तलक्षणम्
trivargaḥ saptadhā vyakto yo na veda iha karmasu | saḍvān yas trivargaṃ ca kiṃ tasmin muktalakṣaṇam ||
毗湿摩说：“人生三义——法（dharma）、利（artha）与欲（kāma）——在行为之中以七种方式显现。若一人不明此三义在诸行中的运作；而另一人又恒常缠缚于此三义之中，那么在这样的人身上，哪里还会有‘生前解脱’（jīvanmukti）的标志可言？”
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is not compatible with ignorance of how dharma–artha–kāma function within action, nor with continual entanglement in them; true freedom requires discernment and non-attachment beyond the trivarga.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on conduct and liberation, Bhishma challenges the idea of jīvanmukti by asking how it could be attributed to someone who either does not understand the trivarga in practical life or remains constantly tied to it.