Shloka 56
Bhīṣma’s Śara-śayyā Stuti to Vāsudeva and Yogic Preparation for Dehotsarga
Body-Relinquishment
अपुण्यपुण्योपरमे यं॑ पुनर्भवनिर्भया: । शान्ता: संन्यासिनो यान्ति तस्मै मोक्षात्मने नम:
apuṇyapuṇyoparame yaṁ punarbhavanirbhayāḥ | śāntāḥ saṁnyāsino yānti tasmai mokṣātmane namaḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：当罪与福两者皆已耗尽，心地寂静的出家者——脱离再生之惧——便得证于祂。我礼敬那以解脱（摩克沙）为自性的至上主宰。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Both demerit and merit are ultimately binding within saṁsāra; liberation is described as the state reached when these karmic residues are exhausted and the mind is tranquil through renunciation, culminating in attainment of the Supreme who is identified with mokṣa itself.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhīṣma offers a reverential statement: he salutes the Supreme Lord, explaining that peaceful renunciants, freed from fear of rebirth, attain Him when the forces of sin and merit have come to cessation.