Shloka 55
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
यदानुपश्यते5त्यन्तमहन्यहनि काश्यप । तदा स केवलीभूत: षड्विंशमनुपश्यति
yadānupaśyate ’tyantam ahany ahani kāśyapa | tadā sa kevalībhūtaḥ ṣaḍviṁśam anupaśyati ||
Wahai Kāśyapa, ketika seorang pencari, hari demi hari, dengan kesungguhan tertinggi merenungkan hakikat Sang Diri Tertinggi, maka ia menjadi ‘sendiri’—bebas dari pergaulan dengan Prakṛti—dan menyaksikan langsung prinsip ke-26, yakni Tuhan Tertinggi.
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Persistent, daily contemplation of the Supreme Self leads to detachment from Prakṛti and culminates in direct realization of the transcendent ‘twenty-sixth’ principle—God/the Supreme beyond the standard Sāṅkhya enumeration.
In a didactic exchange, the sage Yājñavalkya instructs Kāśyapa about the inner discipline of continuous contemplation and its fruit: freedom from Prakṛti’s entanglement and realization of the highest reality.