Shloka 53
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
द्रष्टव्यौ नित्यमेवैतौ तत्परेणान्तरात्मना | तथास्य जन्मनिधने न भवेतां पुनः पुनः
draṣṭavyau nityam evaitau tatpareṇāntarātmanā | tathāsya janma-nidhane na bhavetāṁ punaḥ punaḥ ||
Yājñavalkya said: “With the inner Self steadfastly devoted to the highest, one should constantly realize these two—Prakṛti (Nature) and Puruṣa (Spirit). By such knowledge, one is no longer driven again and again into the recurring cycle of birth and death.”
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Constant inward contemplation, grounded in devotion to the Supreme, should culminate in direct knowledge of Prakṛti and Puruṣa; this discriminative realization cuts the repeated bondage of saṁsāra (birth and death).
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation, the sage Yājñavalkya advises the seeker to maintain inner, single-pointed orientation and to realize the fundamental principles (Nature and Spirit) so that the compulsion toward repeated rebirth ceases.