Shloka 6
ब्रह्मघोष-प्रवर्तनम्, अनध्याय-नियमः, वायु-मार्ग-वर्णनम्
Restoring Vedic Recitation, the Anadhyaya Rule, and the Taxonomy of Winds
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yad ajñānena kurvīta guṇa-saṅgaṃ punaḥ punaḥ | yadā ātmānaṃ na jānīte tadā ātmāpi na mucyate ||
Yājñavalkya said: “So long as a person, through ignorance, repeatedly falls into association with the guṇas and does not recognize the Self as unattached, liberation does not arise for that very self.”
याज़्वल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ignorance makes one repeatedly identify with and cling to the guṇas, which perpetuates bondage; liberation comes only when one knows the Self as distinct from and unattached to the guṇas.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation, the sage Yājñavalkya explains the mechanism of bondage and release: repeated guṇa-association born of ignorance prevents freedom, while Self-recognition is the decisive turning point.