Shloka 21
Aśoka-śāstra: Nārada’s Instruction on the Cessation of Śoka
Grief
गच्छेत् प्राप्पाक्षयं कृत्समनमजन्म शिवमव्ययम् | शाश्वतं स्थानमचल दुष्प्रापमकृतात्मभि:
gacchet prāpyākṣayaṁ kṛtsnam anāmayam ajanmā śivam avyayam | śāśvataṁ sthānam acalaṁ duṣprāpam akṛtātmabhiḥ ||
যাজ্ঞবল্ক্য ক’লে—মানুহে সেই অক্ষয়, সৰ্বব্যাপী অৱস্থালৈ আগবাঢ়ি প্ৰাপ্ত হ’ব লাগে—যি ক্লেশৰহিত, অজন্মা, শিৱ (মঙ্গলময়) আৰু অব্যয়; সেয়া শাশ্বত, অচল ধাম, আত্মসংযম আৰু শুদ্ধি নথকা লোকৰ বাবে দুৰ্লভ।
याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is described as an imperishable, unborn, auspicious, unchanging state; it is attainable through inner purification and self-mastery, and remains difficult for the undisciplined.
In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, the sage Yājñavalkya delivers a concise instruction on the nature of the highest goal—an eternal, unmoving abode—and stresses the ethical-ascetic prerequisite of a disciplined self.