Shloka 41
Arjuna’s request to Krishna and the opening of the Kāśyapa–Brāhmaṇa mokṣa discourse (Āśvamedhika-parva 16)
उपलब्धा द्विजश्रेष्ठ तथेयं सिद्धिरुत्तमा । इतः परं गमिष्यामि ततः परतरं पुन:
upalabdhā dvijaśreṣṭha tatheyaṁ siddhir uttamā | itaḥ paraṁ gamiṣyāmi tataḥ parataraṁ punaḥ ||
Wahai yang terbaik di antara para dwija, demikianlah aku telah memperoleh siddhi yang utama ini. Dari sini aku akan pergi menuju alam yang lebih tinggi, lalu kembali menuju yang lebih tinggi lagi.
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
True spiritual success is marked by inner conquest—overcoming desire, anger, and similar enemies—and by irreversible progress toward liberation, culminating in the unmanifest Brahman-state (moksha), beyond repeated return to mortal existence.
A Siddha addresses a Brahmin respectfully, declaring that he has attained an excellent siddhi and will now ascend through progressively higher realms, ultimately reaching the highest truth and liberation, and therefore will not return to the human world.