Shloka 24
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
एवमेवावगन्तव्यं नानात्वैकत्वमेतयो: । एतद्धि मोक्ष इत्युक्तमव्यक्तज्ञानसंहितम्
evam evāvagantavyaṃ nānātvaikatvam etayoḥ | etad dhi mokṣa ity uktaṃ avyaktajñānasaṃhitam ||
Ainsi faut-il comprendre : quant à ces deux—diversité et unité—toutes deux doivent être saisies avec justesse. Car c’est bien cela qu’on nomme libération (mokṣa) : une réalisation jointe à la connaissance de l’Inmanifesté (avyakta), où l’on voit le multiple sans perdre de vue l’Un.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is described as the integrated understanding of both multiplicity (nānātva) and unity (ekatva), grounded in knowledge of the Unmanifest (avyakta). One sees the world of many without losing the underlying oneness.
Vasiṣṭha is instructing his listener in a śānti-parvan style discourse on liberation, clarifying a philosophical point: how to reconcile the experience of diversity with the truth of unity, and identifying this reconciled insight as mokṣa.