Shloka 22
मनुरुवाच — इन्द्रिय-मनः-ज्ञान-क्रमः
Manu on the hierarchy of senses, mind, and knowledge
अथवा नेच्छते तत्र ब्रह्मकायनिषेवणम् । उत्क्रामति च मार्गस्थो नैव क्वचन जायते
athavā necchate tatra brahmakāyaniṣevaṇam | utkrāmati ca mārgastho naiva kvacana jāyate ||
किंवा तेथे तो ‘ब्रह्मकाय’ाशी सतत संलग्नता ठेवण्याची इच्छा करीत नाही. प्रस्थानमार्गावर स्थित होऊन तो देहातून उत्क्रमण करतो आणि पुन्हा कुठेही जन्म घेत नाही.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Freedom from rebirth comes when the desire to continue embodied existence—even in subtle or exalted forms—is absent; then, at death, one departs and does not take birth again.
Bhīṣma is instructing on the fate of a spiritually accomplished person: at the time of departure, having no longing for continued embodiment, he leaves the body and is not reborn.