Shloka 18
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
चेतनेन समेतस्य पञ्चविंशतिकस्य ह । एकत्वं वै भवत्यस्य यदा बुद्धा न बुध्यते
cetanena sametasya pañcaviṁśatikasya ha | ekatvaṁ vai bhavaty asya yadā buddhā na budhyate ||
বসিষ্ঠ ক’লে—পঁচিশ তত্ত্বৰ অন্তৰ্গত জীৱ, শুদ্ধ চৈতন্যৰ সৈতে সংযুক্ত হৈ, যেতিয়া বুদ্ধিৰ দ্বাৰা ‘জানা’ (অহং-মমতা) ত্যাগ কৰে—অর্থাৎ জড়সমষ্টিক ‘মই’ বা ‘মোৰ’ বুলি নধৰে—তেতিয়া পৰমাত্মাৰ সৈতে তাৰ একত্ব প্ৰকাশ পায়।
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation arises when the self stops identifying with the inert psycho-physical aggregate through buddhi; with the collapse of ‘I/mine’ appropriation, the self’s unity with the ever-conscious Supreme is realized.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation, Vasiṣṭha explains a Sāṅkhya-leaning analysis: the self (counted among the tattvas) is associated with consciousness, and when intellect ceases to project identification, the realization of oneness with the Supreme follows.