Shloka 33
Nārada’s Darśana of Viśvarūpa Nārāyaṇa and the Caturmūrti Doctrine (नारदस्य नारायणदर्शनं चतुर्मूर्तिविचारश्च)
न बिभेति परो यस्मान्न बिभेति पराच्च यः । यश्न नेच्छति न दवेष्टि ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा,जिससे दूसरा कोई प्राणी नहीं डरता, जो स्वयं दूसरे किसी प्राणीसे भयभीत नहीं होता तथा जो न तो किसी वस्तुकी इच्छा करता है और न किसीसे द्वेष ही रखता है, वह तत्काल ब्रह्मभावको प्राप्त हो जाता है
na bibheti paro yasmān na bibheti parāc ca yaḥ | yaś ca necchati na dveṣṭi brahma sampadyate tadā ||
Wen kein Wesen fürchtet und der selbst kein Wesen fürchtet; wer weder begehrt noch hasst — der erlangt sogleich den Zustand des Brahman.
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is characterized by a mind that neither causes fear nor experiences fear, and that is free from craving (icchā) and hatred/aversion (dveṣa). Such equanimity and harmlessness are presented as immediate qualifications for realizing Brahman.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, King Janaka speaks as a teacher, describing the ethical and psychological marks of a liberated person—one who is non-threatening, fearless, and beyond desire and hatred—culminating in Brahman-realization.