Shloka 17
Jāpakānāṃ Gatiḥ — The Destinies of Japa-Practitioners (Śānti Parva 12.190)
निर्वेदादेव निर्वाणं न च किज्चिद् विचिन्तयेत् । सुखं वै ब्राह्मणो ब्रह्म निर्वेदेनाधिगच्छति
nirvedād eva nirvāṇaṁ na ca kiñcid vicintayet | sukhaṁ vai brāhmaṇo brahma nirvedenādhigacchati ||
वैराग्य से ही निर्वाण (मोक्ष) प्राप्त होता है; उसे पाकर मनुष्य अनात्म वस्तुओं का चिन्तन नहीं करता। ब्राह्मण संसार से विरक्त होकर उसी वैराग्य के द्वारा सुखस्वरूप ब्रह्म को प्राप्त कर लेता है।
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation (nirvāṇa/mokṣa) is said to be attained through nirveda—deep dispassion toward worldly objects and concerns. When dispassion matures, the mind ceases to chase non-Self matters and becomes fit to realize Brahman, described here as bliss itself.
Bharadvāja instructs on the inner discipline of renunciation: he presents dispassion as the decisive means by which a spiritually qualified person (here termed brāhmaṇa) transcends worldly preoccupations and reaches the supreme goal, Brahman.