Shloka 53
Ārjava, Satya, and the Virocana–Sudhanvan Exemplum
Udyoga-parva 35
अनश्रिता दानपुण्यं वेदपुण्यमनाश्रिता: । रागद्वेषविनिर्मुक्ता विचरन्तीह मोक्षिण:
anaśritā dānapuṇyaṃ vedapuṇyam anāśritāḥ | rāgadveṣavinirmuktā vicarantīha mokṣiṇaḥ ||
毗度罗说：真正求解脱者，不倚施舍之福德，亦不依吠陀祭仪之功德；离贪离嗔，以无欲无缚之心行于世间，不以求报为其行止之本。
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation-oriented living is marked by inner freedom: one does not act for the sake of accumulating merit (puṇya) through charity or ritual, but lives without attachment and aversion, letting actions be unclaimed by desire for reward.
In Vidura’s counsel during the Udyoga Parva, he articulates a higher ethical-spiritual standpoint: amid political tension and impending conflict, he points to the ideal of the mokṣa-seeker—one who remains inwardly detached and unentangled in reward-seeking religiosity.