Shloka 47

अव्यक्त–पुरुष–विवेकः (Discrimination of Avyakta/Prakṛti and Puruṣa) — Yājñavalkya’s Anvīkṣikī to Viśvāvasu

Devanagari script

न त्वेवं वर्तमानानामावृत्तिर्विद्यते पुन: । विद्यते$क्षरभावत्वादपरं परमव्ययम्‌,इस दर्शनके अनुसार ज्ञान प्राप्त करनेवालोंकी इस संसारमें पुनरावृत्ति नहीं होती; क्योंकि वे अविनाशी ब्रह्मभावको प्राप्त हो जाते हैं, अतः परापरस्वरूप निर्विकार परब्रह्मरूपसे ही उनकी स्थिति होती है

Transliteration

na tv evaṁ vartamānānām āvṛttir vidyate punaḥ | vidyate 'kṣara-bhāvatvād aparaṁ parama-vyayam ||

Translation

Namun bagi mereka yang berdiam demikian, tidak ada lagi kembali ke putaran dunia. Sebab, dengan mencapai keadaan Yang Tak-Binasanya (Akṣara), mereka sampai pada Yang melampaui yang binasa—Realitas Tertinggi yang tak menyusut. Maka tegaknya mereka adalah dalam Brahman yang tak berubah itu sendiri.

Word by Word

नnot

तुbut

एवंthus, in this manner

वर्तमानानाम्of those who are existing/abiding (thus)

आवृत्तिःreturn, recurrence

विद्यतेexists, is found

पुनःagain

विद्यतेexists, is found

अक्षरभावत्वात्because of (their) state of being imperishable (brahman-nature)

अपरम्the other, the further

परम्the highest, supreme

अव्ययम्imperishable, undecaying

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vasiṣṭha

Brahman (Akṣara)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Abiding in true knowledge and realization leads to apunarāvṛtti—no return to saṁsāra—because the knower attains akṣara-bhāva, the imperishable Brahman, which is supreme and undecaying.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation, Vasiṣṭha explains the consequence of the described spiritual stance: those established in that realization do not cycle back into worldly existence, since their identity rests in the changeless Brahman.