Shloka 186
Adhyāya 108: Paścima-dik—Varuṇa’s Realm, Sunset Cosmology, and Sacred-Geographic Markers
Suparṇa–Gālava संवाद
अधीत्य सकलान् वेदाल्लेभिरे मोक्षमक्षयम् । इसी दिशामें “शिव” नामसे प्रसिद्ध कुछ सिद्ध ब्राह्मण रहते थे, जो वेदोंके पारंगत पण्डित थे। उन्होंने सम्पूर्ण वेदोंका अध्ययन करके (तत्त्वज्ञानद्वारा) अक्षय मोक्ष प्राप्त कर लिया
adhītya sakalān vedān lebhire mokṣam akṣayam |
Setelah mempelajari seluruh Weda, mereka meraih mokṣa yang tak binasa. Di arah itu pula tinggal beberapa resi Brahmana yang telah mencapai kesempurnaan, masyhur dengan sebutan “Śiva,” para ahli pengetahuan Weda. Melalui pengkajian Weda yang tuntas hingga berujung pada pengetahuan hakikat, mereka sampai pada keadaan mokṣa yang tak lapuk oleh waktu.
युपर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links disciplined Vedic learning—fulfilled by insight into truth (tattva-jñāna)—with the highest human goal: akṣaya mokṣa, liberation that does not perish or diminish.
The speaker (Yuparṇa) describes a locale where accomplished Brahmin sages, famed under the designation “Śiva,” reside; they are portrayed as Veda-masters who, by completing Vedic study and realizing its inner truth, have attained imperishable liberation.