Shloka 30
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
केवलात्मा तथा चैव केवलेन समेत्य वै | स्वतन्त्रश्न स्वतन्त्रेण स्वतन्त्रत्वमवाप्तुते
kevalātmā tathā caiva kevalena sametya vai | svatantraś ca svatantrena svatantratvam avāpnute ||
قال فاسيشثا: إذا اتّحدتِ الذاتُ الفردية، وهي قائمةٌ في طبيعتها الخالصة، بالواحدِ المستقلّ استقلالًا مطلقًا، نالتْ عينَ حالِ الاستقلال. وبإقامةِ الصلة مع الذاتِ العليا غيرِ الثنائية تصيرُ على مثالِه—بل تبلغُ الحقيقةَ العليا التي لا نظير لها—فتحوزُ الحريةَ الحقّة.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
True freedom (svatantratva) is not mere personal autonomy; it is attained when the individual self aligns and unites with the non-dual Supreme Self, the absolutely independent Reality. Contact with the Independent (Paramātman) makes the self genuinely independent.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation, Vasiṣṭha explains to his listener that the self, by establishing relation with the non-dual Supreme, becomes of that nature and thereby attains real freedom—framing liberation as union/identity with the Supreme rather than worldly power.