Shloka 152
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
अमुक्तो मानसैर्दु:खैरिच्छाद्वेषभयोद्धवै: । शिरोरोगादिभी रोगैस्तथैवाभिनियन्तृभि:
amukto mānasair duḥkhair icchādveṣabhayodbhavaiḥ | śirorogādibhī rogais tathaivābhiniyantṛbhiḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：国王从不可能真正摆脱由欲望、憎恶与恐惧所生的心苦。又如头痛等身病，也从四面束缚着他，使他时时不安。此教诲昭示：王权并不保证内在的自由；若放任烦恼与忧惧不加调伏，便会成为君主恒常的枷锁。
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power and kingship do not remove suffering; desire, aversion, and fear generate persistent mental distress, and even bodily illness further binds a ruler. The implied ethical counsel is mastery over passions and fears as essential to true freedom and good governance.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on rājadharma, Bhīṣma continues advising about the burdens of rulership, emphasizing that a king remains surrounded by inner anxieties and physical ailments that keep him constrained and restless.