Shloka 24
Arjuna’s request to Krishna and the opening of the Kāśyapa–Brāhmaṇa mokṣa discourse (Āśvamedhika-parva 16)
सम्भाषमाणमेकान्ते समासीनं च तै: सह । यद्च्छया च गच्छन्तमसक्त पवन यथा
sambhāṣamāṇam ekānte samāsīnaṃ ca taiḥ saha | yadṛcchayā ca gacchantam asaktaṃ pavanaṃ yathā ||
ബ്രാഹ്മണൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അവനെ ഞാൻ അവരോടൊപ്പം ഏകാന്തത്തിൽ സംഭാഷണം നടത്തുന്നതും, അവരോടൊപ്പം ഇരിക്കുന്നതും കണ്ടു; പിന്നെ യദൃച്ഛയായി സഞ്ചരിക്കുന്നതും കണ്ടു—കാറ്റുപോലെ അനാസക്തൻ.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical ideal of asakti (non-attachment): one may speak, sit with others, or move about, yet remain inwardly free—like the wind that touches many places without being bound to any.
A brāhmaṇa reports an observation of a person’s behavior: he is seen conversing privately and sitting with a group, and also wandering spontaneously. The point is to characterize him as unattached and unpossessive in his movements and associations.