Shloka 13
सर्वसंस्कारनिर्मुक्तो निर्द्धन्द्रो निष्परिग्रह: । तपसा इन्द्रियग्रामं यश्नरेन्मुक्त एव सः,जो सब प्रकारके संस्कारोंसे रहित, द्वद्ध और परिग्रहसे रहित हो गया है तथा जो तपस्याके द्वारा इन्द्रिय-समूहको अपने वशमें करके (अनासक्त) भावसे विचरता है, वह मुक्त ही है
sarvasaṃskāranirmukto nirdvandvo niṣparigrahaḥ | tapasendriyagrāmaṃ yaśnarenmukta eva saḥ ||
The brāhmaṇa said: One who has cast off all conditioning impressions, who is free from the pairs of opposites and from possessiveness, and who—through austerity—has brought the whole community of the senses under control, moving about without attachment, is to be regarded as already liberated.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is characterized not by external status but by inner freedom: release from conditioning (saṃskāra), equanimity beyond dualities (nirdvandva), non-possessiveness (niṣparigraha), and disciplined mastery of the senses through tapas, enabling unattached conduct in the world.
In Ashvamedhika Parva, a brāhmaṇa voice presents a didactic teaching on the marks of a liberated person, defining mokṣa-oriented life through renunciation, sense-restraint, and equanimity rather than ritual or social identity.