Shloka 203
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
चतुर्विशमसारं च षड्विंशस्य प्रबोधनात् । छब्बीसवाँ तत्त्व परमात्मा अजन्मा
caturviśam asāraṃ ca ṣaḍviṃśasya prabodhanāt |
Vasiṣṭha enseña que, al despertar al vigésimo sexto principio —el Sí mismo Supremo (Paramātman), no nacido, omnipresente y no manchado por la impureza de la asociación— el sí mismo individual, refugiándose en Eso y realizando directamente su naturaleza, llega (por así decirlo) a ser omnipresente por el poder del conocimiento supremo. Al ver como insustanciales los veinticuatro principios que constituyen la Prakṛti, renuncia al apego hacia ellos.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Realization of the twenty-sixth principle (Paramātman)—unborn, all-pervading, and free from the taint of association—dissolves the sense of limitation in the individual self. With the rise of supreme knowledge, one ceases to treat the twenty-four evolutes of Prakṛti as ultimately real or worthy of attachment, and thus turns toward liberation through dispassion and insight.
Vasiṣṭha is instructing on metaphysical discernment: distinguishing Prakṛti’s twenty-four principles from the transcendent Supreme Self. The passage frames liberation as taking refuge in the Supreme, attaining direct realization, and thereby abandoning identification with the insubstantial constituents of nature.