Shloka 80
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
यदा स केवलीभूत: षड्विंशमनुपश्यति । तदा स सर्वविद् विद्वान् न पुनर्जन्म विन्दति
yadā sa kevalībhūtaḥ ṣaḍviṁśam anupaśyati | tadā sa sarvavid vidvān na punarjanma vindati ||
Yājñavalkya dit : «Lorsque le soi, devenu absolument solitaire—libre de tout contact avec Prakṛti, la nature matérielle—contemple directement le vingt-sixième principe (le Suprême au-delà des catégories manifestes), alors ce connaissant devient véritablement omniscient en sagesse et ne revient plus à la naissance dans ce monde.»
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation comes when the self becomes detached from prakṛti and directly realizes the supreme principle (the 'twenty-sixth'). Such realization culminates in freedom from saṁsāra—no further rebirth.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Yājñavalkya is explaining a metaphysical criterion of mokṣa: the moment of direct vision of the highest reality after complete inner detachment.