Shloka 58
Brahmā’s Instruction on Brahmacarya, Vānaprastha, and the Aliṅga Path
Ethics of Non-attachment
क्षीणकोशो निरातड्कस्तथेदं प्राप्तुयात् परम्
kṣīṇakośo nirātaṅkastathedaṃ prāptuyāt param | yo tattvavettā anta-samaye ime tattvān jñātvā ekānte niṣaṇṇaḥ paramātmano dhyānaṃ karoti sa ākāśaṃ vicarato vāyor iva sarva-saṅgān parityajya pañcakośa-rahito nirbhayo nirāśrayaś ca bhūtvā muktaḥ paramātmānaṃ prāpnoti ||
તેના પંચકોશ ક્ષીણ થઈ જાય છે અને તે ભયરહિત બને છે; આ રીતે તે પરમ પદને પ્રાપ્ત કરે છે।
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is attained by the knower of truth who, especially at life’s end, withdraws into solitude, meditates on the Supreme Self, and becomes free from all attachments—transcending the five sheaths, fear, and dependence.
Vāyu-deva is speaking as a spiritual instructor, describing the state and destiny of a realized person: through knowledge of tattvas and focused meditation, the seeker becomes unattached like the wind moving through space and reaches the Supreme Self.