Shloka 19
Bhūta-guṇa-saṃkhyāna
Enumeration of the Properties of the Elements and Cognitive Faculties
त्यक्त्वा पूर्वकृतं कर्म रतिर्यस्थ सदा55त्मनि । सर्वभूतात्मभूतस्य गुणवर्गेष्वसज्जत:
tyaktvā pūrvakṛtaṃ karma ratir yasya sadātmani | sarvabhūtātmabhūtasya guṇavargeṣv asajjataḥ ||
Vyāsa dit : Celui qui rejette la force résiduelle des actes accomplis jadis et tient son amour fermement établi dans le Soi suprême devient, pour ainsi dire, le Soi même de tous les êtres ; et parmi les groupes d’objets des sens et de qualités, il ne tombe jamais dans l’attachement.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Renounce the binding force of past actions and keep one’s love fixed on the Self; then one realizes unity with all beings and remains unattached to the guṇa-made world of objects and experiences.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation and inner peace, Vyāsa states a mark of the realized person: abandoning the pull of past karma, abiding in the Self, and remaining free from attachment to the guṇas and sense-objects.