Shloka 13
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
केवलेन समागम्य विमुक्तो$5त्मानमाप्नुयात् । एतत् तु तत्त्वमित्याहुर्निस्तत््वमजरामरम्
kevalena samāgamya vimukto ’tmānam āpnuyāt | etat tu tattvam ity āhur nistattvam ajarāmaram ||
Vasiṣṭha dit : En s’unissant à l’Unique seul, l’homme—délivré de tout lien—atteint le Soi dans sa réalité suprême. Voilà, déclarent-ils, la Réalité véritable : au-delà de toutes catégories et de tous principes, et que n’atteignent ni la décrépitude ni la mort.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is described as attaining the Self by union with the One (kevala)—the non-dual Absolute. That ultimate Reality is said to be beyond all tattvas (ontological categories) and therefore beyond change, decay, and death.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Vasiṣṭha presents a concise metaphysical teaching: the seeker, freed from bondage, realizes the Ātman through communion with the non-dual Brahman, which is characterized as transcendent and immortal.