Shloka 17
Adhyāya 249 — Mṛtyu-prādurbhāvaḥ (The Manifestation of Death) / Restraint of Tejas and Ordered Saṃhāra
उत्तमां बुद्धिमास्थाय ब्रह्म भूयान् भविष्यसि । संतीर्ण: सर्वसंसारात् प्रसन्नात्मा विकल्मष:
uttamāṁ buddhim āsthāya brahma bhūyān bhaviṣyasi | saṁtīrṇaḥ sarvasaṁsārāt prasannātmā vikalmaṣaḥ ||
उत्तम बुद्धि का आश्रय लेकर तुम ब्रह्म में और अधिक प्रतिष्ठित हो जाओगे। समस्त संसार-चक्र को पार कर, निर्मल और प्रसन्न आत्मा होकर, कल्मषरहित स्थित रहोगे।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Cultivate and rely upon the highest discernment (uttamā buddhi)—a purified, truth-oriented understanding—so that one becomes established in Brahman, transcends saṁsāra, and attains inner serenity and freedom from moral and mental taint.
Vyāsa delivers a concise assurance and instruction: by adopting supreme spiritual understanding, the listener will cross beyond worldly bondage and abide as a tranquil, purified self, oriented toward Brahman-realization.