Shloka 30
Utkramaṇa-sthāna and Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇa: Yājñavalkya’s Instruction on Departure Pathways and Mortality Signs
यदा त्वेष गुणानेतान् प्राकृतानभिमन्यते । तदा स गुणहान्यै त॑ परमेवानुपश्यति
yadā tveṣa guṇān etān prākṛtān abhimanyate | tadā sa guṇahānyai taṁ paramevānupaśyati ||
Vasiṣṭha dijo: «Cuando este yo considera estos guṇas como productos de Prakṛti y abandona en ellos la noción de “yo” y “mío”, entonces—por el mismo cese de la identificación con los guṇas—contempla sólo al Supremo. Al desechar la falsa idea del yo en el cuerpo y en lo demás, realiza su propia naturaleza pura y suprema.»
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation arises when one recognizes the guṇas as merely Prakṛti’s workings and drops egoic ownership of them; with guṇa-identification ended, one directly realizes the Supreme and one’s own pure nature beyond body and mind.
Vasiṣṭha is instructing about inner renunciation and discernment: the seeker shifts from identifying with material qualities and bodily self-notions to witnessing them as Prakṛti, culminating in realization of the highest Self (Paramātman).