Shloka 17
अग्निवंशवर्णनम् (Agni-vaṃśa-varṇana) / The Genealogy and Function of Agni
अनादिनिधन जन्तुमात्मयोनिं सदाव्ययम् | अनौपम्यममूर्त च भगवानाह बुद्धिमान्,बुद्धिमान् भगवान् ब्रह्माने (अपने निःश्वासभूत वेदोंके द्वारा) मुक्त जीवको आदि- अन्तसे रहित, स्वयम्भू, अविकारी, अनुपम तथा निराकार बताया है
anādinidhanaṃ jantum ātmayoniṃ sadāvyayam | anaupamyam amūrtaṃ ca bhagavān āha buddhimān, buddhimān bhagavān brahmāṇe |
ಬುದ್ಧಿಮಾನನಾದ ಭಗವಾನ್ ಮುಕ್ತ ಜೀವಿಯನ್ನು ಆದಿಯೂ ಅಂತ್ಯವೂ ಇಲ್ಲದವನು, ಆತ್ಮಯೋನಿ, ಸದಾ ಅವ್ಯಯ, ಅನೂಪಮ ಮತ್ತು ಅಮೂರ್ತ ಎಂದು ಘೋಷಿಸಿದ್ದಾನೆ.
व्याध उवाच
Educational Q&A
That the truly liberated reality (the self in its highest sense) is eternal—beginningless and endless—self-existent, imperishable, incomparable, and formless; realizing this supports detachment from mere bodily identity and steadiness in dharma.
In the Vyādha’s instruction (a dharma-teaching episode within Vana Parva), he cites authoritative doctrine about the nature of the liberated being, using it to guide the listener toward ethical clarity grounded in spiritual insight.