Shloka 30
केवलात्मा तथा चैव केवलेन समेत्य वै | स्वतन्त्रश्न स्वतन्त्रेण स्वतन्त्रत्वमवाप्तुते,अद्वितीय परमात्मासे सम्बन्ध स्थापित करके वह तद्रूपताको प्राप्त हो जाता है अर्थात् अद्वितीय परमात्माको प्राप्त हो जाता है। स्वतन्त्र परमेश्वरसे सम्बन्ध रखनेके कारण वह वास्तवमें स्वतन्त्र होकर वास्तविक स्वतन्त्रता प्राप्त कर लेता है
kevalātmā tathā caiva kevalena sametya vai | svatantraś ca svatantrena svatantratvam avāpnute ||
Vasiṣṭha said: When the individual self, standing in its own pure nature, unites with the One who is absolutely independent, it attains that very state of independence. By establishing relation with the non-dual Supreme Self, it becomes conformed to Him—indeed, it reaches the incomparable Supreme Reality—and thus gains true freedom.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
True freedom (svatantratva) is not mere personal autonomy; it is attained when the individual self aligns and unites with the non-dual Supreme Self, the absolutely independent Reality. Contact with the Independent (Paramātman) makes the self genuinely independent.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation, Vasiṣṭha explains to his listener that the self, by establishing relation with the non-dual Supreme, becomes of that nature and thereby attains real freedom—framing liberation as union/identity with the Supreme rather than worldly power.