Shloka 43
धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)
मां प्रविश्य भवन्तीह मुक्ता भक्तास्तु ये मम । अहं हि पुरुषो ज्ञेयो निष्क्रिय: पजचविंशक:
māṁ praviśya bhavantīha muktā bhaktāstu ye mama | ahaṁ hi puruṣo jñeyo niṣkriyaḥ pañcaviṁśakaḥ ||
येथे जे माझे भक्त आहेत, ते माझ्यातच प्रवेश करून मुक्त होतात. मीच पंचविसावे तत्त्व—निष्क्रिय पुरुष—जाणण्यास योग्य आहे.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is attained through devotion that culminates in abiding in the Supreme/inner Self, which is to be known as the actionless Puruṣa—the twenty-fifth principle distinct from prakṛti and its changing constituents.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Bhishma explains a metaphysical point to the listener: true devotees become free by entering into the Supreme reality, identified here with the niṣkriya (non-acting) Puruṣa.