Shloka 39
Jarā-Mṛtyu-anatikrama: Janaka–Pañcaśikha-saṃvāda
Aging and Death Cannot Be Overstepped
अनेन साम्यं यास्यामि नानयाहमचेतया । क्षेमं मम सहानेन नैकत्वमनया सह
anena sāmyam yāsyāmi nānayāham acetayā | kṣemaṃ mama sahānena naikatyam anayā saha ||
मी त्याच परमात्म्याशी साम्य प्राप्त करीन; या अचेतन प्रकृतीशी नाही. माझे कल्याण त्या परमात्म्याशी संयोगात आहे; या प्रकृतीशी एकत्वात नाही.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches viveka: seek likeness/union with the Supreme Self (Paramātman), not identification with insentient prakṛti. True kṣema (welfare) lies in spiritual union rather than material self-identification.
Vasiṣṭha is articulating a renunciant insight within Śānti Parva’s mokṣa-oriented discourse: he rejects merging his identity with inert nature and declares his aim to attain the state of the Supreme.