Shloka 15
नागैः सह ब्राह्मणस्य अतिथिधर्म-व्रतसंवादः | The Brahmin’s Vow and the Nāgas’ Hospitality Appeal
तस्मादपि च निर्मुक्ता अनिरुद्धतनौ स्थिता:
tasmād api ca nirmuktā aniruddha-tanau sthitāḥ
નારદે કહ્યું—“અતએવ તે બંધનમાંથી પણ મુક્ત થઈ, તેઓ અનિરુદ્ધના તનુ-સ્વરૂપમાં સ્થિત રહે છે અને તેમાં જ દૃઢપણે પ્રતિષ્ઠિત થાય છે.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes liberation through complete detachment: once freed from prior bonds, the liberated ones remain firmly established in the divine reality represented here as Aniruddha—suggesting steadfast God-centeredness as the culmination of spiritual practice.
Nārada continues an instruction in the Śānti Parva, describing the state of those who have become free: they are no longer entangled in former constraints and are portrayed as abiding in Aniruddha’s form/presence, indicating their settled, unwavering spiritual attainment.