Shloka 12
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
निर्गुण: प्रकृतिं वेद गुणयुक्तामचेतनाम् | ततः केवलधर्मासौ भवत्यव्यक्तदर्शनात्
nirguṇaḥ prakṛtiṁ veda guṇayuktām acetanām | tataḥ kevaladharmāsau bhavaty avyaktadarśanāt ||
Vasiṣṭha dit : Celui qui a dépassé les guṇa en vient à connaître Prakṛti — bien qu’elle soit constituée des guṇa — comme dépourvue de sensibilité. Puis, par la vision de l’Inmanifesté, il s’établit dans la loi de l’esseulement (kaivalya) : voyant Prakṛti comme entièrement non différente du Soi, il atteint la délivrance.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation arises when one transcends the guṇas and correctly discerns Prakṛti as insentient; through insight into the Unmanifest, one abides in kaivalya—freedom rooted in non-identification with material nature.
Vasiṣṭha is instructing on a Sāṅkhya-style path to mokṣa: the seeker shifts from identifying with guṇa-bound nature to realizing the unmanifest ground and thereby attains the liberative state called kaivalya.