Shloka 55
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
यदानुपश्यते5त्यन्तमहन्यहनि काश्यप । तदा स केवलीभूत: षड्विंशमनुपश्यति
yadānupaśyate ’tyantam ahany ahani kāśyapa | tadā sa kevalībhūtaḥ ṣaḍviṁśam anupaśyati ||
Yājñavalkya berkata: “Wahai Kāśyapa, apabila seorang pencari, hari demi hari, merenung dengan kesungguhan tertinggi akan hakikat Diri Tertinggi, maka—setelah menjadi ‘sendiri’ (bebas daripada pergaulan dengan Prakṛti)—dia menyedari secara langsung prinsip kedua puluh enam, Tuhan Yang Maha Tinggi melampaui dua puluh lima tattva.”
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Persistent, daily contemplation of the Supreme Self leads to detachment from Prakṛti and culminates in direct realization of the transcendent ‘twenty-sixth’ principle—God/the Supreme beyond the standard Sāṅkhya enumeration.
In a didactic exchange, the sage Yājñavalkya instructs Kāśyapa about the inner discipline of continuous contemplation and its fruit: freedom from Prakṛti’s entanglement and realization of the highest reality.