Shloka 7
Adhyāya 180: Jīva, Śarīra, and the Fire Analogy (भृगु–भरद्वाज संवादः)
नानुतिष्ठसि धर्मार्थी न कामे चापि वर्तसे । इन्द्रियार्थाननादृत्य मुक्तश्चरसि साक्षिवत्,धर्म और अर्थ-सम्बन्धी कार्योंका आप अनुष्ठान नहीं करते हैं, काममें भी आपकी प्रवृत्ति नहीं है। आप इन्द्रियोंके सम्पूर्ण विषयोंकी उपेक्षा करके साक्षीके समान मुक्तरूपसे विचरते हैं
nānutiṣṭhasi dharmārthī na kāme cāpi vartase | indriyārthān anādṛtya muktaś carasi sākṣivat ||
Prahlāda berkata: “Engkau tidak melaksanakan perbuatan yang bertujuan dharma dan artha, dan engkau juga tidak menempuh pencarian kenikmatan. Dengan mengabaikan segala objek pancaindera, engkau berjalan bebas sebagai yang terbebas—laksana seorang saksi semata.”
प्रह्माद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ideal of inner freedom: one who sets aside the pull of sense-objects and does not chase the usual aims of dharma-artha-kāma can live in a liberated, witness-like mode—acting (or refraining) without attachment and self-centered craving.
Prahlāda addresses a person whose conduct appears radically detached: they are not pursuing ritual/social duties for dharma and artha, nor indulging in kāma. Prahlāda characterizes this lifestyle as that of a mukta, moving through life as a sākṣī (witness), and implicitly probes the basis of such renunciation.