Shloka 14
Ātma-saṃyama-dharma: One-pointedness of Mind and Senses (शुक–व्यास संवादः)
एको वाप्याश्रमानेतान् यो<नुतिष्ठेद् यथाविधि । अकामद्वेषसंयुक्त: स परत्र विधीयते
eko vāpy āśramān etān yo 'nutiṣṭhed yathāvidhi | akāma-dveṣa-saṁyuktaḥ sa paratra vidhīyate ||
যদি কোনো একজনও রাগ-দ্বেষশূন্য হয়ে বিধিপূর্বক এই আশ্রমধর্মসমূহ পালন করে, তবে পরলোকে সে পরম তত্ত্ব—পরব্রহ্ম পরমাত্মা—কে যথার্থভাবে জানার যোগ্য হয়।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Faithful performance of one’s āśrama-dharma, done exactly as prescribed and purified of personal likes and dislikes (desire and aversion), becomes a direct qualification for the highest spiritual result—fitness for realizing the Supreme Reality.
In the didactic discourse of the Śānti Parva, Vyāsa states a general principle: even a single practitioner who observes the disciplines of the āśramas with inner detachment (free from craving and hostility) is destined for the supreme posthumous/spiritual attainment.