Shloka 15
नागैः सह ब्राह्मणस्य अतिथिधर्म-व्रतसंवादः | The Brahmin’s Vow and the Nāgas’ Hospitality Appeal
तस्मादपि च निर्मुक्ता अनिरुद्धतनौ स्थिता:
tasmād api ca nirmuktā aniruddha-tanau sthitāḥ
নাৰদে ক’লে—“সেয়ে সেই বন্ধনৰ পৰাও মুক্ত হৈ, তেওঁলোকে অনিৰুদ্ধৰ তনু-স্বৰূপত স্থিত থাকে আৰু তাতেই দৃঢ়ভাৱে প্ৰতিষ্ঠিত হয়।”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes liberation through complete detachment: once freed from prior bonds, the liberated ones remain firmly established in the divine reality represented here as Aniruddha—suggesting steadfast God-centeredness as the culmination of spiritual practice.
Nārada continues an instruction in the Śānti Parva, describing the state of those who have become free: they are no longer entangled in former constraints and are portrayed as abiding in Aniruddha’s form/presence, indicating their settled, unwavering spiritual attainment.