Shloka 93
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
नरेन्द्र! अत: सब ओरसे ज्ञान प्राप्त करनेका ही प्रयत्न करना चाहिये। यह तो मैं तुमसे बता ही चुका हूँ कि सभी वर्णोके लोग अपने-अपने आश्रममें रहते हुए ही ज्ञान प्राप्त कर सकते हैं; अतः जो ब्राह्मण ज्ञानमें स्थित है अथवा जो दूसरे वर्णका मनुष्य भी ज्ञाननिष्ठ है
narendra! ataḥ sarva-ore jñāna-prāptiṃ kartum eva prayatnaḥ kartavyaḥ. etat tu mayā tubhyaṃ pūrvam eva kathitam—sarve varṇāḥ sva-svāśrame sthitvā jñānaṃ prāptuṃ śaknuvanti; ataḥ yaḥ brāhmaṇaḥ jñāne sthitaḥ, athavā yaḥ anyavarṇīyaḥ api jñāna-niṣṭhaḥ, tasya nityaṃ mokṣa-prāptiḥ proktā. yat te pṛṣṭaṃ tan mayā copadiṣṭaṃ yāthātathyaṃ; tad viśoko bhavasva. rājan, gacchasva etad-arthasya pāraṃ; samyak proktaṃ; svasti te tv astu nityam.
人の王よ、ゆえにあらゆる方途を尽くして真の知を得よ。私はすでに、いかなるヴァルナの者も、それぞれの住期（アーシュラマ）に立ちながら知を得うると告げた。ゆえに、知に安住する者—ブラーフマナであれ、他の身分の者であれ、智慧に堅固であるなら—その者には常住の解脱が説かれる。汝の問いに対し、私は実相に即して教え示した。ゆえに憂いを離れよ。王よ、この真理の彼岸へと進め。私は余すところなく説き明かした。行け—汝に常に吉祥あれ。
याज़्वल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberating knowledge (jñāna) is the decisive means to mokṣa, and it is accessible to people of all varṇas when they live rightly within their own āśrama; steadfastness in knowledge, not mere social identity, is what is praised as leading to enduring liberation.
Yājñavalkya concludes his instruction to the king: he affirms that he has answered the king’s question truthfully, urges him to become free from grief, and sends him forth with a blessing to internalize the teaching and reach the ‘far shore’ of its meaning.