Shloka 24
Arjuna’s request to Krishna and the opening of the Kāśyapa–Brāhmaṇa mokṣa discourse (Āśvamedhika-parva 16)
सम्भाषमाणमेकान्ते समासीनं च तै: सह । यद्च्छया च गच्छन्तमसक्त पवन यथा
sambhāṣamāṇam ekānte samāsīnaṃ ca taiḥ saha | yadṛcchayā ca gacchantam asaktaṃ pavanaṃ yathā ||
બ્રાહ્મણે કહ્યું—મેં તેને તેમની સાથે એકાંતમાં વાતચીત કરતાં અને સાથે બેઠેલો જોયો; અને તેને યદૃચ્છાએ ફરતો પણ જોયો—પવનની જેમ અનાસક્ત.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical ideal of asakti (non-attachment): one may speak, sit with others, or move about, yet remain inwardly free—like the wind that touches many places without being bound to any.
A brāhmaṇa reports an observation of a person’s behavior: he is seen conversing privately and sitting with a group, and also wandering spontaneously. The point is to characterize him as unattached and unpossessive in his movements and associations.