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Shloka 80

नारद–शुक संवादः

Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga

यदा स केवलीभूत: षड्विंशमनुपश्यति । तदा स सर्वविद्‌ विद्वान्‌ न पुनर्जन्म विन्दति

yadā sa kevalībhūtaḥ ṣaḍviṁśam anupaśyati | tadā sa sarvavid vidvān na punarjanma vindati ||

Dijo Yājñavalkya: «Cuando el sí mismo, vuelto por completo solitario—libre de todo contacto con Prakṛti, la naturaleza material—contempla directamente el vigésimo sexto principio (lo Supremo más allá de las categorías manifiestas), entonces ese conocedor se vuelve verdaderamente omnisciente en sabiduría y no retorna de nuevo al nacimiento en este mundo.»

यदाwhen
यदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा
Formtemporal adverb
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
केवलीभूतःhaving become isolated/alone (detached)
केवलीभूतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकेवलीभूत
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
षड्विंशम्the twenty-sixth (principle/entity)
षड्विंशम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootषड्विंशति
Formneuter, accusative, singular
अनुपश्यतिbeholds/realizes
अनुपश्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootअनु√पश्
Formpresent, parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular
तदाthen
तदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
Formtemporal adverb
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
सर्ववित्all-knowing
सर्ववित्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्वविद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
विद्वान्a wise man/knower
विद्वान्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविद्वस्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
Formnegation particle
पुनर्जन्मrebirth
पुनर्जन्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुनर्जन्मन्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
विन्दतिfinds/attains
विन्दति:
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (विन्दति)
Formpresent, parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच

Y
Yājñavalkya
P
Paramātman (implied as the twenty-sixth principle)

Educational Q&A

Liberation comes when the self becomes detached from prakṛti and directly realizes the supreme principle (the 'twenty-sixth'). Such realization culminates in freedom from saṁsāra—no further rebirth.

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Yājñavalkya is explaining a metaphysical criterion of mokṣa: the moment of direct vision of the highest reality after complete inner detachment.