Shloka 49
धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)
सिद्धा हि ते महाभागा नरा होकान्तिनो5भवन् । तमोरजो भ्यां निर्मुक्ता: प्रवेक्ष्यन्ति च मां मुने,“मुने! ये महाभाग श्वेतद्वीपनिवासी सिद्ध हैं। ये पहले मेरे अनन्य भक्त रहे हैं। ये तमोगुण और रजोगुणसे मुक्त हो गये हैं; इसलिये मेरे भीतर प्रवेश करेंगे
siddhā hi te mahābhāgā narā haikāntino ’bhavan | tamorajo-bhyāṁ nirmuktāḥ pravekṣyanti ca māṁ mune ||
হে মুনি! সেই মহাভাগ নৰসকল সিদ্ধ; পূৰ্বে তেওঁলোকে মোৰ অনন্য ভক্ত আছিল। তমোগুণ আৰু ৰজোগুণৰ পৰা মুক্ত হৈ তেওঁলোকে মোৰ ভিতৰত প্ৰৱেশ কৰিব।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is portrayed as the fruit of exclusive devotion and inner purification: when one is freed from tamas (ignorant inertia) and rajas (restless passion), one becomes fit to ‘enter’ the Divine—i.e., attain union/absorption in the Supreme.
Bhishma, instructing a sage, describes a class of perfected devotees who were formerly single-minded worshippers. Having transcended the binding guṇas of tamas and rajas, they are destined to enter into the Divine presence/being.