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 ||
Dijo Yājñavalkya: «Con el Sí mismo interior, firme y consagrado a lo supremo, debe uno realizar constantemente estos dos: Prakṛti (Naturaleza) y Puruṣa (Espíritu). Por tal conocimiento, ya no se ve arrastrado una y otra vez al ciclo recurrente de nacimiento y muerte.»
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.