Shloka 5
न गच्छन्ति पुनर्भावं मुनयः संशितव्रता: । कदा वयं गमिष्यामो राज्यं हित्वा परंतप,पितामह! पंच ज्ञानेन्द्रिय, पंच कर्मेन्द्रिय, पंच प्राण, मन और बुद्धि--ये सत्रह तत्त्व; काम, क्रोध, लोभ, भय और स्वप्न--ये संसारके पाँच हेतु; शब्द, स्पर्श, रूप, रस और गन्ध >-ये पाँच विषय; सत्त्व, रज और तम-ये तीन गुण तथा पाँच भूतोंसहित अविद्या, अहंकार और कर्म--ये आठ तत्त्वोंके समुदाय सब मिलाकर अड़तीस तत्त्व होते हैं। इन सबसे मुक्त हुए तीक्ष्ण व्रतधारी मुनि पुनर्जन्मको नहीं प्राप्त होते हैं। परंतप पितामह! हमलोग भी कब अपना राज्य छोड़कर इसी स्थितिको प्राप्त होंगे
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | na gacchanti punarbhāvaṃ munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ | kadā vayaṃ gamiṣyāmo rājyaṃ hitvā paraṃtapa pitāmaha | pañca jñānendriyāṇi pañca karmendriyāṇi pañca prāṇāḥ mano buddhir iti sapta-daśa tattvāni | kāmaḥ krodho lobho bhayaṃ svapnaś ceti saṃsārasya pañca hetavaḥ | śabdaḥ sparśo rūpaṃ raso gandhaś ceti pañca viṣayāḥ | sattvaṃ rajas tamaś ceti trayo guṇāḥ | pañca-bhūtaiḥ saha avidyā ahaṃkāraḥ karma ceti aṣṭa-tattva-samūhaḥ | etaiḥ sarvair militvā aṣṭātriṃśat tattvāni bhavanti | ebhyaḥ sarvebhyo vimuktāḥ tīkṣṇa-vratadharā munayaḥ punarjanma na prāpnuvanti | paraṃtapa pitāmaha vayaṃ tu kadā rājyaṃ tyaktvā etām eva sthitiṃ prāpsyāmaḥ ||
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “The sages of firm and disciplined vows do not return to rebirth. O scorcher of foes, Grandfather—when shall we, abandoning kingship, attain that state?”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is described as freedom from the entire complex of constituents that structure embodied experience—faculties, objects, qualities, elements, and the binding forces of ignorance, ego-sense, and action. One who is detached from these and established in disciplined vows does not return to rebirth.
During Bhīṣma’s instruction in the Śānti Parva, Yudhiṣṭhira reflects on the sages who attain freedom from rebirth and asks Bhīṣma when he and his brothers will be able to renounce royal power and reach the same liberated state.