Shloka 30
Adhyāya 222 — ब्रह्मस्थानप्राप्ति: मोक्षधर्मे समत्वव्रतम्
Attaining the Brahman-Station: The Vow of Equanimity in Mokṣadharma
ममता, अहंकार तथा कामनाओंसे शून्य और सब प्रकारके बन्धनोंसे रहित हो आत्मनिष्ठ एवं असंग रहकर मैं प्राणियोंकी उत्पत्ति और विनाशको सदा देखता रहता हूँ ।।
kṛtaprajñasya dāntasya vitṛṣṇasya nirāśiṣaḥ | nāyāso vidyate śakra paśyato lokam avyayam ||
Prahlāda said: “Empty of ‘mine-ness’, ego, and desire, and freed from every bond, established in the Self and unattached, I continually behold the birth and destruction of beings. O Śakra (Indra), for one whose understanding is steady, whose mind and senses are restrained, who is free from thirst and from expectation of reward—who beholds the imperishable reality beneath the changing world—there is no inner strain or suffering.”
प्रह्माद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Freedom from suffering comes from steady wisdom and inner mastery: when ego and possessiveness are abandoned, cravings and expectations cease, and one’s vision rests on the imperishable Self, the changing events of the world no longer create mental strain.
Prahlāda addresses Indra (Śakra) and describes the state of a realized, self-controlled person. He explains that such a seer, established in the Self and detached, calmly witnesses the rise and fall of beings and therefore remains untroubled.