Shloka 52
नरनारायण-नारदसंवादः
Nara-Nārāyaṇa–Nārada Discourse on Vision, Elements, and Entry into Vāsudeva
न तु योगमृते शक्या प्राप्तुं सा परमा गति: । अवबन्धो हि बुद्धस्य कर्मभिनोपपद्यते,परंतु योगके बिना उस परम गतिको नहीं प्राप्त किया जा सकता। बुद्धिमानका कर्मोंके निकृष्ट बन्धनसे बँँधा रहना उचित नहीं है
na tu yogamṛte śakyā prāptuṃ sā paramā gatiḥ | avabandho hi buddhasya karmabhir nopapadyate ||
Nārada said: “That supreme goal cannot be attained without yoga. For a truly awakened and discerning person, it is not fitting to remain bound by actions and their inferior fetters.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation (the ‘supreme goal’) is not reached merely through worldly action; it requires yoga—inner discipline and realization. For the truly wise, remaining trapped in karmic bondage is inconsistent with awakened understanding.
In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, Nārada delivers instruction on the path to the highest good, emphasizing yoga as essential and warning that even intelligent people should not accept continued bondage to karma as their final condition.