Shloka 30
Utkramaṇa-sthāna and Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇa: Yājñavalkya’s Instruction on Departure Pathways and Mortality Signs
यदा त्वेष गुणानेतान् प्राकृतानभिमन्यते । तदा स गुणहान्यै त॑ परमेवानुपश्यति
yadā tveṣa guṇān etān prākṛtān abhimanyate | tadā sa guṇahānyai taṁ paramevānupaśyati ||
Vasiṣṭha dit : «Lorsque ce soi considère ces guṇa comme des produits de Prakṛti et abandonne en eux les notions de “je” et de “mien”, alors—par la cessation même de l’identification aux guṇa—il ne contemple plus que le Suprême. Rejetant la fausse idée du soi dans le corps et le reste, il réalise sa propre nature, pure et souveraine.»
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation arises when one recognizes the guṇas as merely Prakṛti’s workings and drops egoic ownership of them; with guṇa-identification ended, one directly realizes the Supreme and one’s own pure nature beyond body and mind.
Vasiṣṭha is instructing about inner renunciation and discernment: the seeker shifts from identifying with material qualities and bodily self-notions to witnessing them as Prakṛti, culminating in realization of the highest Self (Paramātman).