Shloka 32
अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)
अध्यात्मगतिरिष्टानां ध्यायिनामात्मवेदिनाम् | अपुनर्भवकामानां या गति: सोडयमी श्वरः
adhyātma-gatir iṣṭānāṁ dhyāyinām ātma-vedinām | apunarbhava-kāmānāṁ yā gatiḥ so 'yam īśvaraḥ ||
Vāyudeva sprach: Das geistige Ziel, das den geliebten Verehrern, die in Meditation verweilen, und den Selbsterkennenden Weisen, die Freiheit vom Wiedergeborenwerden begehren, gelehrt wird—dieser Herr selbst ist jenes Ziel. Mit anderen Worten: Das höchste Ende disziplinierter Kontemplation und des sittlichen Verlangens nach Befreiung ist nicht bloß ein Ort oder Zustand, sondern die unmittelbare Erlangung des Höchsten.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies the ultimate spiritual goal of both devoted meditators and self-knowing seekers of liberation as the Lord Himself—implying that the highest end of practice is direct realization/attainment of Īśvara, beyond rebirth.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Vāyudeva is speaking and clarifying doctrine: he equates the ‘spiritual destination’ described for advanced devotees and liberated aspirants with the very presence and reality of the Supreme Lord.