Shloka 15
Jarā-Mṛtyu-anatikrama: Janaka–Pañcaśikha-saṃvāda
Aging and Death Cannot Be Overstepped
यदा तु गुणजालं तदव्यक्तात्मनि संक्षिपेत् । तदा सह गुणैस्तैस्तु पजचविंशो विलीयते
yadā tu guṇajālaṃ tadavyaktātmani saṃkṣipet | tadā saha guṇais tais tu pañcaviṃśo vilīyate ||
ヴァシシュタは言った。「ヨーギーがヨーガの力によって、グナ（guṇa）の網のすべてを引き収め、原初の不顕なる自然—不顕の自己—へと融け入らせるとき、これらのグナの消滅とともに、第二十五原理であるプルシャ（Puruṣa）もまた至上の自己へと溶け込む。この見地からは、最高実在に帰融すると説かれるかぎり、プルシャさえ『クシャラ』（kṣara、滅するもの）と語り得る。」
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is described as a reversal of manifestation: the yogin withdraws the guṇas and their effects back into the unmanifest source (avyakta). With the guṇas dissolved, even the Sāṃkhya ‘twenty-fifth’ principle (Puruṣa) is spoken of as merging into the Supreme Self—highlighting a perspective in which all enumerated principles are transcended in the highest realization.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation, Vasiṣṭha explains a yogic process of dissolution (laya): the manifested qualities (guṇas) are reabsorbed into the unmanifest root, and with that reabsorption the individual conscious principle (Puruṣa, as counted among tattvas) is said to merge into the supreme reality.