Shloka 42
Arjuna’s request to Krishna and the opening of the Kāśyapa–Brāhmaṇa mokṣa discourse (Āśvamedhika-parva 16)
ब्रह्मण: पदमव्यक्त मा ते5भूदत्र संशय: । नाहं पुनरिहागन्ता मर्त्यलोक॑ परंतप
brahmaṇaḥ padam avyaktam mā te 'bhūd atra saṁśayaḥ | nāhaṁ punar ihāgantā martyalokaṁ parantapa, dvijaśreṣṭha |
ಅವ್ಯಕ್ತವಾದ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಪದವೇ ಪರಮ ಗುರಿ—ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ನಿನಗೆ ಸಂಶಯ ಇರಬಾರದು. ದ್ವಿಜಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠನೇ, ಪರಂತಪನೇ! ನಾನು ಮತ್ತೆ ಈ ಮತ್ಯಲೋಕಕ್ಕೆ ಬರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ।
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms mokṣa as the final aim: the unmanifest Brahman-state is the highest goal, and true spiritual perfection culminates in non-return to the mortal realm. It emphasizes certainty (freedom from doubt) about liberation and the transcendence of worldly rebirth.
A Siddha addresses a revered twice-born interlocutor, declaring that he has attained the highest siddhi and will proceed through exalted realms (including Satyaloka) toward the unmanifest Brahman-state, explicitly stating he will not return to the human world.