Shanti Parva 301.24
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 301 · Verse 24
Sanskrit Original
मोक्षे दोषो महानेष प्राप्य सिद्धिं गतानृषीन्। यदि तत्रैव विज्ञाने वर्तन्ते यतयः परे॥ प्रवृत्तिलक्षणं धर्मं पश्यामि परमं नृप। मग्नस्य हि परे ज्ञाने किं नु दुःखतरं भवेत्॥
Following the scriptures relating to Liberation, I find this great fault in the subject, If, having attained to that high state, the Yatis continue to live in consciousness, it would appear, O king, that the religion of work is superior. If, again, consciousness disappear from the liberated state and one who has become liberated only resembles a person sunk in dreamless slumber, then nothing can be more improper than to say that there is really no consciousness in Liberation.