Shloka 10
Adhyāya 314 — हिमवदाश्रमः, शक्तिक्षेपकथा, तथा स्वाध्यायविधिः
Himalayan Hermitage, the Myth of the Thrown Spear, and Rules of Vedic Study
ज्ञानिनां सम्भवं श्रेष्ठ स्थानमव्रणमच्युतम् । अतीन्द्रियमबीजं च जन्ममृत्युतमोनुदम्
yājñavalkya uvāca | jñānināṃ sambhavaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ sthānam avraṇam acyutam | atīndriyam abījaṃ ca janma-mṛtyu-tamo-nudam ||
ヤージュニャヴァルキヤは言った。「賢者が到達しうる最高の帰趣とは、あの至上の境地である。傷つくことなく、朽ちることなく、決して堕ちない。感官の及ばぬところにあり、再び束縛を生むいかなる『種子』もない。それは無明の闇を払い、生と死の輪廻を終わらせる。」
याज़्वल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation (the supreme state) is attainable through wisdom: it is imperishable, beyond sensory experience, free from the causal ‘seed’ of bondage, and it eradicates ignorance along with birth and death.
In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, the sage Yājñavalkya is describing the nature of the highest goal (parama-pada) and emphasizing that it is reached by the jñānins—those established in true knowledge.