अव्यक्त-प्रबोधः (Awakening to the Unmanifest): The 25th and 26th Principles and Eligibility for Brahma-vidyā
प्रश्निता विनयोपेता दमनित्या: सुसंशिता: । प्रयान्ति स्थानमजरं सर्वकर्मविवर्जिता:
praśnitā vinayopetā damanityāḥ su-saṃśitāḥ | prayānti sthānam ajaraṃ sarva-karma-vivarjitāḥ ||
問われ試されてもなお、謙下と律ある行いを具え—堅く自制し、よく鍛えられた者たちは—老いなき境地へと進む。執着にもとづく一切の束縛する行(我執・所有のはたらき)を捨て、節制と慎み、そして揺るがぬ誓戒の生活によって、不壊の目的に到達する。
पराशर उवाच
Liberation is presented as the fruit of disciplined renunciation: humility (vinaya), self-restraint (dama), and firm training in vows lead one beyond binding action to the imperishable, unaging state.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, the sage Parāśara describes the qualities and trajectory of renunciants/ascetics: when tested and instructed, they remain humble and controlled, and thus attain the unaging goal free from karmic entanglement.