यथा यथा च पर्येति लोकतन्त्रमसारवत् ।
तथा तथा विरागोऽत्र जायते नात्र संशयः ॥
एवं व्यवसिते लोके बहुदोषे युधिष्ठिर ।
आत्ममोक्षनिमित्तं वै यतेत मतिमान्नरः ॥
yathā yathā ca paryeti loka-tantram asāravat |
tathā tathā virāgo’tra jāyate nātra saṁśayaḥ ||
evaṁ vyavasite loke bahu-doṣe yudhiṣṭhira |
ātma-mokṣa-nimittaṁ vai yateta matimān naraḥ ||
(Mahābhārata: 12.168.4–5)
“[Bhīṣmadeva:] As much as one reflects on the insubstantiality of the course [alt., nature, or, wealth, or, happiness] of the world, so much so detachment from it arises. There is no doubt about this. When the world is in this way determined to possess many defects, O Yudhiṣṭhira, an intelligent person shall seek a means of liberating oneself [from it].”