Shloka 1
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
अपन बछ। ] अफण का: विशत्यवथिकत्रेशततमोब् ध्याय: राजा जनककी परीक्षा करनेके लिये आयी हुई सुलभाका उनके शरीरमें प्रवेश करना
Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: aparityajya gārhasthyaṁ kururājarṣi-sattama | kaḥ prāpto vinayaṁ buddhvā mokṣa-tattvaṁ vadasva me ||
ユディシュティラは言った。「クル族の王仙のうち最勝なるお方よ。家住（ガृहस्थ）の道を捨てずして、心が鎮まり、よく律せられたその境地に到り、解脱（モークシャ）の真理を悟った者は誰であるのか。私にモークシャの要諦を説いてください。」
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a key Śānti Parva inquiry: whether liberation (mokṣa) and the stilling of the mind can be realized while remaining a householder. It highlights that mokṣa is tied to inner discipline and understanding, not merely to an external change of social status.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a revered royal sage of the Kuru line and asks for an example and explanation: who has attained liberation without giving up household life, and what is the true principle of mokṣa that makes such attainment possible.