Shloka 42
Arjuna’s request to Krishna and the opening of the Kāśyapa–Brāhmaṇa mokṣa discourse (Āśvamedhika-parva 16)
ब्रह्मण: पदमव्यक्त मा ते5भूदत्र संशय: । नाहं पुनरिहागन्ता मर्त्यलोक॑ परंतप,द्विजश्रेष्ठ! इस प्रकार मुझे यह उत्तम सिद्धि मिली है। इसके बाद मैं उत्तम लोकमें जाऊँगा। फिर उससे भी परम उत्कृष्ट सत्यलोकमें जा पहुँचूँगा और क्रमश: अव्यक्त ब्रह्मपद (मोक्ष)-को प्राप्त कर लूँगा। इसमें तुम्हें संशय नहीं करना चाहिये। काम-क्रोध आदि शत्रुओंको संताप देनेवाले काश्यप! अब मैं पुनः इस मर्त्यलोकमें नहीं आऊँगा
brahmaṇaḥ padam avyaktam mā te 'bhūd atra saṁśayaḥ | nāhaṁ punar ihāgantā martyalokaṁ parantapa, dvijaśreṣṭha |
The Siddha said: “The unmanifest state—Brahman’s supreme abode—is indeed the goal; do not entertain any doubt about this. O best of the twice-born, O scorcher of foes: I shall not return here again to the mortal world. Having attained this highest perfection, I will go to the excellent realms, reach the supreme Satyaloka, and in due order attain the unmanifest Brahman-state (liberation).”
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms mokṣa as the final aim: the unmanifest Brahman-state is the highest goal, and true spiritual perfection culminates in non-return to the mortal realm. It emphasizes certainty (freedom from doubt) about liberation and the transcendence of worldly rebirth.
A Siddha addresses a revered twice-born interlocutor, declaring that he has attained the highest siddhi and will proceed through exalted realms (including Satyaloka) toward the unmanifest Brahman-state, explicitly stating he will not return to the human world.