Shloka 78
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
जब द्विज इस बातको समझ लेता है कि मैं अन्य हूँ और यह प्राकृत शरीर अथवा अनात्म-जगत् मुझसे सर्वथा भिन्न है, तब वह प्रकृतिके संसर्गसे रहित हो छब्बीसवें तत्त्व परमात्माका साक्षात्कार कर लेता है ।।
anyaśṣu rājann avaras tathānyaḥ pañcaviṁśakaḥ | tatsthānāc cānupaśyanti eka eveti sādhavaḥ ||
Yājñavalkya berkata: Wahai Raja, antara banyak prinsip ada yang lebih rendah, dan ada yang lain—dihitung sebagai yang kedua puluh lima—yang tersendiri. Dari sudut prinsip yang lebih tinggi itu, orang bijaksana melihat bahawa Diri itu satu sahaja. Apabila seorang dvija benar-benar memahami, “Aku lain daripada ini,” dan menyedari bahawa tubuh semula jadi serta dunia bukan-diri itu sepenuhnya terpisah daripadanya, dia bebas daripada sentuhan dengan prakṛti dan menyaksikan secara langsung Diri tertinggi—prinsip yang melampaui unsur-unsur alam.
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Discriminative knowledge: the seeker must discern the Self (Puruṣa/Ātman, the ‘twenty-fifth principle’) as wholly distinct from body and the non-self world. With this viveka, one becomes disentangled from Prakṛti and attains direct realization of the supreme Self, understood as one and the same in all.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation, the sage Yājñavalkya addresses a king and explains a Sāṅkhya-like hierarchy of principles: a lower set associated with nature and a higher, distinct principle (the 25th). He states that the wise, standing in that higher standpoint, perceive the oneness of the Self and thereby move toward liberation.