Shloka 203
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
चतुर्विशमसारं च षड्विंशस्य प्रबोधनात् । छब्बीसवाँ तत्त्व परमात्मा अजन्मा
caturviśam asāraṃ ca ṣaḍviṃśasya prabodhanāt |
ヴァシシュタは教える。「第二十六の原理、すなわち至上我（パラマートマン）—不生にして遍在し、交わりの穢れに触れぬもの—に目覚めることによって、個我はそれに帰依し、その本性を直証する。すると至上の智の力により、（あたかも）自らも遍在となる。プラクリティを成す二十四の原理を無実と見て、それらへの執着を捨て去るのである。」
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Realization of the twenty-sixth principle (Paramātman)—unborn, all-pervading, and free from the taint of association—dissolves the sense of limitation in the individual self. With the rise of supreme knowledge, one ceases to treat the twenty-four evolutes of Prakṛti as ultimately real or worthy of attachment, and thus turns toward liberation through dispassion and insight.
Vasiṣṭha is instructing on metaphysical discernment: distinguishing Prakṛti’s twenty-four principles from the transcendent Supreme Self. The passage frames liberation as taking refuge in the Supreme, attaining direct realization, and thereby abandoning identification with the insubstantial constituents of nature.