Shloka 30
Utkramaṇa-sthāna and Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇa: Yājñavalkya’s Instruction on Departure Pathways and Mortality Signs
यदा त्वेष गुणानेतान् प्राकृतानभिमन्यते । तदा स गुणहान्यै त॑ परमेवानुपश्यति
yadā tveṣa guṇān etān prākṛtān abhimanyate | tadā sa guṇahānyai taṁ paramevānupaśyati ||
ວາສິດຖະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ເມື່ອຊີວາດຕະມັນນີ້ເຫັນຄຸນເຫຼົ່ານີ້ວ່າເປັນຜົນຜະລິດຂອງປຣະກຣິຕິ (Prakṛti) ແລະລະທິ້ງຄວາມຄິດ ‘ຂ້ອຍ’ ແລະ ‘ຂອງຂ້ອຍ’ ໃນພວກມັນ, ເມື່ອນັ້ນ—ໂດຍການດັບສິ້ນແຫ່ງການຍຶດຕິດກັບຄຸນ—ມັນຈະເຫັນແຕ່ປຣະມະພຣະອົງເທົ່ານັ້ນ. ເມື່ອສະລະຄວາມເຂົ້າໃຈຜິດວ່າກາຍ ແລະອື່ນໆ ແມ່ນຕົນ, ມັນຈຶ່ງຮູ້ແຈ້ງສະພາບອັນບໍລິສຸດ ແລະສູງສຸດຂອງຕົນ.»
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation arises when one recognizes the guṇas as merely Prakṛti’s workings and drops egoic ownership of them; with guṇa-identification ended, one directly realizes the Supreme and one’s own pure nature beyond body and mind.
Vasiṣṭha is instructing about inner renunciation and discernment: the seeker shifts from identifying with material qualities and bodily self-notions to witnessing them as Prakṛti, culminating in realization of the highest Self (Paramātman).