Shloka 16
कालनियमः शोकशमनं च
Kāla as Regulator; Pacification of Grief
विनीतमानमोहश्च बहुसड्भविवर्जित: । तदा55त्मज्योतिष: साधोर्निवाणमुपपद्यते
vinīta-māna-mohaś ca bahu-saṅga-vivarjitaḥ | tadā ātma-jyotiṣaḥ sādhōr nirvāṇam upapadyate ||
जिसके मान और मोह दूर हो गए हैं, जो नाना प्रकार के संग-आसक्तियों से रहित है, और जो आत्म-ज्योति में स्थित है—उस साधु पुरुष को तब निर्वाण (मोक्ष) प्राप्त होता है।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation arises from inner purification: humility and discipline (vinīta), the removal of pride (māna) and delusion (moha), freedom from binding attachments (saṅga), and steady establishment in Self-knowledge (ātma-jyotis).
Vaiśampāyana continues the Śānti-parvan’s instruction on peace and liberation by summarizing the qualities of a realized person: one who has abandoned ego and confusion, is unattached, and abides in the Self’s light—thereby attaining nirvāṇa.