Shloka 13
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
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kevalena samāgamya vimukto ’tmānam āpnuyāt | etat tu tattvam ity āhur nistattvam ajarāmaram ||
قال فاسيشثا: بالاتحاد مع الواحد وحده، يبلغ الإنسان—وقد تحرّر من كل قيد—الذات في حقيقتها العليا. وهذا، كما يعلنون، هو الواقع الحق: متعالٍ على جميع المقولات والمبادئ، لا تمسّه الشيخوخة ولا الموت.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is described as attaining the Self by union with the One (kevala)—the non-dual Absolute. That ultimate Reality is said to be beyond all tattvas (ontological categories) and therefore beyond change, decay, and death.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Vasiṣṭha presents a concise metaphysical teaching: the seeker, freed from bondage, realizes the Ātman through communion with the non-dual Brahman, which is characterized as transcendent and immortal.