Shloka 23
Adhyāya 262: Śabda-brahman, Para-brahman, and the Ethics of Tyāga
Kapila–Syūmaraśmi Saṃvāda
ज्ञानविज्ञानिनः केचित् परं पार तितीर्षव:,भवसागरसे पार उतरनेकी इच्छावाले कोई-कोई ज्ञान-विज्ञानसम्पन्न महात्मा पुरुष ही अत्यन्त पवित्र और पुण्यात्माओंसे सेवित पुण्यदायक ब्रह्मलोकको प्राप्त होते हैं, जहाँ जाकर वे न तो शोक करते हैं, न वहाँसे नीचे गिरते हैं और न मनमें किसी प्रकारकी व्यथाका ही अनुभव करते हैं
jñāna-vijñāninaḥ kecit paraṃ pāraṃ titīrṣavaḥ bhava-sāgara-pāre uttaraṇe icchāvantaḥ; te jñāna-vijñāna-sampannā mahātmānaḥ puruṣāḥ atyanta-pavitraiḥ puṇyātmabhiḥ sevitaṃ puṇya-dāyakaṃ brahma-lokaṃ prāpnuvanti; tatra gatvā na śocanti, na ca tataḥ adho nipatanti, na ca manasi kasyacit prakārasya vyathām anubhavanti.
Chuladhara said: Among those endowed with true knowledge and realized discernment, a few—intent on crossing to the far shore beyond the ocean of becoming—attain the Brahma-world, a supremely pure realm made auspicious by the service of the holy and the virtuous. Having reached it, they do not grieve, they do not fall back to lower states, and they experience no inner distress of any kind.
चुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
Only a rare few who unite jñāna (right understanding) with vijñāna (realized, lived discernment) and who earnestly seek liberation can cross beyond saṃsāra and attain a state characterized by freedom from grief, inner distress, and spiritual regression.
In Chuladhara’s discourse within the Śānti Parva, he describes the destiny of exceptional spiritual aspirants: those intent on transcending worldly becoming reach Brahmaloka, portrayed as a pure and auspicious realm associated with the company/service of the virtuous, where suffering and downfall do not occur.