Shloka 2
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
संन्यस्यते यथा55त्मायं व्यक्तस्यात्मा यथा च यत् । परं मोक्षस्य यच्चापि तनमे ब्रूहि पितामह
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | saṁnyasyate yathātmāyaṁ vyaktasyātmā yathā ca yat | paraṁ mokṣasya yaccāpi tan me brūhi pitāmaha ||
尤提士提罗说道：“祖父啊，请告诉我：此自我如何舍离诸般执著与认同——具身之我如何弃舍显现的粗身，又以何种方式连同与具身相连的微细‘我’感（我执）亦能放下。请为我阐明此等出离的真实体性，并说明解脱（mokṣa）的至上原理。”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames liberation as a matter of renunciation of identification: understanding how the self disengages from the manifest (gross) body and also from subtler layers of embodied ‘I’-sense, and seeking the supreme principle (tattva) of mokṣa beyond both.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and dharma, Yudhiṣṭhira respectfully questions Pitāmaha Bhīṣma, asking for a precise explanation of how renunciation operates at death and in spiritual practice, and what constitutes true liberation.