Shloka 2
ब्रह्मघोष-प्रवर्तनम्, अनध्याय-नियमः, वायु-मार्ग-वर्णनम्
Restoring Vedic Recitation, the Anadhyaya Rule, and the Taxonomy of Winds
गुणैहिं गुणवानेव निर्गुणश्वागुणस्तथा । प्राहुरेवं महात्मानो मुनयस्तत्त्वदर्शिन:
guṇaiḥ hi guṇavān eva nirguṇaś ca aguṇas tathā | prāhur evaṁ mahātmāno munayas tattvadarśinaḥ ||
तत्त्वदर्शी महात्मा मुनि कहते हैं—जिसका गुणों के साथ संसर्ग है, वह ‘गुणवान्’ कहलाता है; और जो गुणों के संसर्ग से रहित है, वह ‘निर्गुण’ अर्थात् निरुपाधिक कहा जाता है।
याज़्वल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
A person is termed guṇavān when bound up with the guṇas (the qualities of nature), and termed nirguṇa/aguṇa when free from their association. The verse frames liberation as dis-identification from prakṛti’s qualities.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction-oriented setting, Yājñavalkya cites the verdict of truth-seeing sages, offering a concise doctrinal definition that supports the broader discourse on peace, renunciation, and the path to inner freedom.