Shloka 21
Aśoka-śāstra: Nārada’s Instruction on the Cessation of Śoka
Grief
गच्छेत् प्राप्पाक्षयं कृत्समनमजन्म शिवमव्ययम् | शाश्वतं स्थानमचल दुष्प्रापमकृतात्मभि:
gacchet prāpyākṣayaṁ kṛtsnam anāmayam ajanmā śivam avyayam | śāśvataṁ sthānam acalaṁ duṣprāpam akṛtātmabhiḥ ||
ಯಾಜ್ಞವಲ್ಕ್ಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಮನುಷ್ಯನು ಆ ಅಕ್ಷಯ, ಸಮಸ್ತವನ್ನೂ ಆವರಿಸುವ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಯನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯಲು ಮುಂದಾಗಬೇಕು—ಅದು ಕ್ಲೇಶರಹಿತ, ಅಜನ್ಮ, ಶಿವ (ಮಂಗಳಕರ), ಅವ್ಯಯ; ಅದು ಶಾಶ್ವತ, ಅಚಲ ಧಾಮ, ಆತ್ಮಸಂಯಮ-ಶುದ್ಧಿ ಇಲ್ಲದವರಿಗೆ ದುರ್ಲಭ.
याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is described as an imperishable, unborn, auspicious, unchanging state; it is attainable through inner purification and self-mastery, and remains difficult for the undisciplined.
In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, the sage Yājñavalkya delivers a concise instruction on the nature of the highest goal—an eternal, unmoving abode—and stresses the ethical-ascetic prerequisite of a disciplined self.