Shloka 38
अव्यक्त-प्रबोधः (Awakening to the Unmanifest): The 25th and 26th Principles and Eligibility for Brahma-vidyā
प्रश्निता विनयोपेता दमनित्या: सुसंशिता: । प्रयान्ति स्थानमजरं सर्वकर्मविवर्जिता:,जो लोग (संन्यासकी दीक्षा ले) अग्निहोत्रका त्याग करके उदासीनभावसे सब कुछ देखते रहते हैं और सब प्रकारकी चिन्ताओंसे रहित हो क्रमश: कल्याणकारी कर्मके पथपर आरूढ़ होकर नम्रता, विनय और इन्द्रियसंयम आदि गुणोंको अपनाते तथा तीक्ष्ण व्रतका पालन करते हैं, वे सब कर्मोंसे रहित हो अविनाशी पदको प्राप्त कर लेते हैं
praśnitā vinayopetā damanityāḥ su-saṃśitāḥ | prayānti sthānam ajaraṃ sarva-karma-vivarjitāḥ ||
Those who, though questioned and tested, remain endowed with humility and disciplined conduct—firmly restrained and well-trained—advance to the unaging state. Having relinquished all binding action (the possessive sense of agency and attachment), they attain the imperishable goal through a life of restraint, modesty, and steady vows.
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is presented as the fruit of disciplined renunciation: humility (vinaya), self-restraint (dama), and firm training in vows lead one beyond binding action to the imperishable, unaging state.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, the sage Parāśara describes the qualities and trajectory of renunciants/ascetics: when tested and instructed, they remain humble and controlled, and thus attain the unaging goal free from karmic entanglement.