Shloka 27
Nārada’s Darśana of Viśvarūpa Nārāyaṇa and the Caturmūrti Doctrine (नारदस्य नारायणदर्शनं चतुर्मूर्तिविचारश्च)
तमासाद्य तु मुक्तस्य दृष्टार्थस्य विपश्चित: । त्रिष्वाश्रमेषु को न्वर्थो भवेत् परमभीप्सत:
tam āsādya tu muktasya dṛṣṭārthasya vipaścitaḥ | triṣv āśrameṣu ko nv artho bhavet paramabhīpsataḥ ||
ジャナカ王は言った。「賢者がすでに解脱を得て、最高の目的を直証したならば、至上者を希求するその人に、なお残る三つの人生段階（アーシュラマ）を経る必要がどこにあろうか。梵行期（ブラフマチャリヤ）においてすでに真理を証得した者にとって、後のアーシュラマは成就のための必須の手段ではない。」
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Direct realization of the Supreme (mokṣa) is the decisive criterion; once attained, the remaining āśramas are not required as spiritual means. Social stages may exist, but they are not compulsory for one already established in liberation and knowledge.
King Janaka, speaking in a didactic context in the Śānti Parva, argues that if a seeker realizes Truth already in the brahmacarya stage, then moving through the other three āśramas has no further spiritual necessity for that liberated, discerning person.