Shloka 26
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
सोथयमेवं विमुच्येत नान्यथेति विनिश्चय: । परेण परधर्मा च भवत्येष समेत्य वै
so 'thayam evaṁ vimucyeta nānyatheti viniścayaḥ | pareṇa paradharmā ca bhavaty eṣa sametya vai ||
Vasiṣṭha berkata: “Hanya dengan cara inilah seseorang dapat dibebaskan; tidak ada jalan lain—itulah keyakinanku yang mantap. Dan ketika seseorang selaras dengan Yang Mahatinggi, jalan inilah yang menjadi dharma tertinggi.”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is attained only by the specific discipline or insight just described; Vasiṣṭha insists there is no alternative. When aligned with the Supreme (para), that very way of living is affirmed as the highest dharma.
Vasiṣṭha is concluding a doctrinal point: he states his definitive judgment about the sole means to release and then elevates that means by declaring it ‘supreme dharma’ when it culminates in communion or accord with the Supreme.