Shloka 30
Nārada’s Darśana of Viśvarūpa Nārāyaṇa and the Caturmūrti Doctrine (नारदस्य नारायणदर्शनं चतुर्मूर्तिविचारश्च)
पक्षिवत् प्रवणादूर्ध्वममुत्रानन्त्यमश्षुते । विहाय देहान्निर्मुक्तो निर्दन्द्ः प्रशमं गत:,वह तो घोंसलेको छोड़कर उड़ जानेवाले पक्षीकी भाँति इस देहसे पृथक हो निर्द्धन्द्व एवं शान्त होकर परलोकमें अक्षयपद (मोक्ष)-को प्राप्त हो जाता है
pakṣivat pravaṇād ūrdhvam amutrānantyam aśnute | vihāya dehān nirmukto nirdvandvaḥ praśamaṃ gataḥ ||
Janaka berkata: “Seperti burung yang terbang meninggalkan tempat hinggapnya, demikian pula seseorang, setelah menanggalkan tubuh dan menjadi bebas, mencapai ketenteraman melampaui segala pasangan pertentangan; dan di alam sana ia meraih keadaan yang tak binasa—pembebasan.”
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Freedom comes through detachment: when one becomes nirdvandva (beyond mental opposites) and established in praśama (inner calm), one transcends bodily identification and attains the imperishable state (moksha).
King Janaka is instructing on liberation in the Shanti Parva’s discourse on peace and renunciation, using the image of a bird leaving its perch to illustrate the soul’s release from the body and entry into the imperishable state.