Hope is the one powerful agent to agitate human breast, O king. Freedom from hope is supreme bliss. Reducing hope to a nullity, Pingala sleeps in peace.
भीष्म उवाच आशा बलवती राजन् नैराश्यं परमं सुखम्। आशां निराशां कृत्वा तु सुखं स्वपिति पिङ्गला॥