Shloka 2
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
संन्यस्यते यथा55त्मायं व्यक्तस्यात्मा यथा च यत् । परं मोक्षस्य यच्चापि तनमे ब्रूहि पितामह
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | saṁnyasyate yathātmāyaṁ vyaktasyātmā yathā ca yat | paraṁ mokṣasya yaccāpi tan me brūhi pitāmaha ||
Yudhiṣṭhira dit : «Grand-père, dis-moi comment ce Soi se dépouille de ses identifications : comment le Soi incarné abandonne le corps manifeste (grossier), et de quelle manière il renonce aussi au subtil sentiment du “moi” lié à l’état d’incarnation. Explique-moi la vraie nature d’un tel renoncement, ainsi que le principe suprême de la délivrance (mokṣa).»
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames liberation as a matter of renunciation of identification: understanding how the self disengages from the manifest (gross) body and also from subtler layers of embodied ‘I’-sense, and seeking the supreme principle (tattva) of mokṣa beyond both.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and dharma, Yudhiṣṭhira respectfully questions Pitāmaha Bhīṣma, asking for a precise explanation of how renunciation operates at death and in spiritual practice, and what constitutes true liberation.