Bhishma said-‘By rooting out all evils, a person of pure Soul succeeds in obtaining Liberation. As an axe made of steel cuts a steel chain, similarly, a person of cleansed Soul, destroying all the evils that originate from Darkness and that are born with the Soul, succeeds in cutting off his connection with the body.
भीष्म उवाच दोषैर्मूलादवच्छिन्नविशुद्धात्मा विमुच्यते। विनाशयति सम्भूतमयस्मयमयो यथा। तथा कृतात्मा सहजैर्दोषैर्नश्यति तामसैः॥