Shloka 30
महाभूत–इन्द्रिय–मनस्–बुद्धि–अन्तरात्मा विवेकः | Discrimination of Elements, Senses, Mind, Intellect, and Inner Self
आत्मज्ञानी पुरुष सुशील, सदाचारी और पापरहित होता है। वह इहलोक और परलोकके लिये भी कोई कर्म करना नहीं चाहता। क्रोध, मोह, संधि और विग्रहका त्याग करके वह सब ओरसे उदासीन-सा रहता है ।। यमेषु चैवानुगतेषु न व्यथे स्वशास्त्रसूत्राहुतिमन्त्रविक्रम: । भवेद् यथेष्टागतिरात्मवेदिनि न संशयो धर्मपरे जितेन्द्रिये,जो अहिंसा आदि यमों और शौच-संतोष आदि नियमोंका पालन करनेमें कभी कष्टका अनुभव नहीं करता, संन्यास-आश्रमका विधान करनेवाले शास्त्रके सूत्रभूत वचनोंके अनुसार त्यागमयी अग्निमें अपने सर्वस्वकी आहुति दे देनेके लिये निरन्तर उत्साह दिखाता है, उसे इच्छानुसार गति [मुक्ति) प्राप्त होती है। ऐसे जितेन्द्रिय एवं धर्मपरायण आत्मज्ञानीकी मुक्तिके विषयमें तनिक भी संदेहके लिये स्थान नहीं है
yameṣu caivānugateṣu na vyathe svaśāstrasūtrāhutimantravikramaḥ | bhaved yatheṣṭagatirātmavedini na saṁśayo dharmapare jitendriye ||
Vyāsa said: One who follows the yamas (restraints) feels no distress in practicing them; and, empowered by the mantras and the guiding aphorisms of his own śāstra, he shows steady zeal to offer his entire being as an oblation into the fire of renunciation. For such a knower of the Self—self-controlled and devoted to dharma—there is no doubt that he attains the course he seeks, even liberation itself.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
A self-knower who practices ethical restraints without inner strain, and who lives in the spirit of total renunciation as prescribed by śāstra, certainly attains the highest goal—there is no doubt about liberation for the self-controlled and dharma-centered.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Vyāsa describes the marks of a realized renunciant: disciplined in yamas, energized by scriptural guidance, and offering the self into renunciation, thereby reaching the desired spiritual destination.