Shloka 42
Arjuna’s request to Krishna and the opening of the Kāśyapa–Brāhmaṇa mokṣa discourse (Āśvamedhika-parva 16)
ब्रह्मण: पदमव्यक्त मा ते5भूदत्र संशय: । नाहं पुनरिहागन्ता मर्त्यलोक॑ परंतप
brahmaṇaḥ padam avyaktam mā te 'bhūd atra saṁśayaḥ | nāhaṁ punar ihāgantā martyalokaṁ parantapa, dvijaśreṣṭha |
Le Siddha dit : «L’état non manifesté—la demeure suprême de Brahman—est bien le but ; n’en doute point. Ô le meilleur des deux-fois-nés, ô fléau des ennemis : je ne reviendrai plus ici, dans le monde des mortels. Ayant atteint cette perfection suprême, j’irai vers les royaumes excellents, j’atteindrai le Satyaloka suprême et, selon l’ordre, j’obtiendrai l’état non manifesté de Brahman (la délivrance).»
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms mokṣa as the final aim: the unmanifest Brahman-state is the highest goal, and true spiritual perfection culminates in non-return to the mortal realm. It emphasizes certainty (freedom from doubt) about liberation and the transcendence of worldly rebirth.
A Siddha addresses a revered twice-born interlocutor, declaring that he has attained the highest siddhi and will proceed through exalted realms (including Satyaloka) toward the unmanifest Brahman-state, explicitly stating he will not return to the human world.