Shloka 203
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
चतुर्विशमसारं च षड्विंशस्य प्रबोधनात् । छब्बीसवाँ तत्त्व परमात्मा अजन्मा
caturviśam asāraṃ ca ṣaḍviṃśasya prabodhanāt |
Vasiṣṭha enseigne que, par l’éveil au vingt-sixième principe — le Soi suprême (Paramātman), non né, omniprésent et indemne de la souillure du contact — le soi individuel, prenant refuge en Cela et en réalisant directement sa nature, devient (pour ainsi dire) omniprésent par la puissance de la connaissance suprême. Voyant comme sans substance les vingt-quatre principes qui constituent la Prakṛti, il renonce à l’attachement envers eux.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Realization of the twenty-sixth principle (Paramātman)—unborn, all-pervading, and free from the taint of association—dissolves the sense of limitation in the individual self. With the rise of supreme knowledge, one ceases to treat the twenty-four evolutes of Prakṛti as ultimately real or worthy of attachment, and thus turns toward liberation through dispassion and insight.
Vasiṣṭha is instructing on metaphysical discernment: distinguishing Prakṛti’s twenty-four principles from the transcendent Supreme Self. The passage frames liberation as taking refuge in the Supreme, attaining direct realization, and thereby abandoning identification with the insubstantial constituents of nature.