Shloka 25
Adhyaya 37 — Cycle of Rebirth
वाचयित्वा तु बहुशो नृणां श्रेयः कथं त्विति ।
मुमुक्षयेति निश्चित्य सा च तत्सङ्गतो यतः ॥
vācayitvā tu bahuśo nṛṇāṃ śreyaḥ kathaṃ tv iti /
mumukṣayeti niścitya sā ca tat-saṅgato yataḥ //
Setelah berulang kali merenung, “Bagaimanakah kebaikan tertinggi bagi manusia dapat dicapai?”, dia menyimpulkan: “Melalui kerinduan kepada pembebasan.” Dan kerinduan itu timbul daripada pergaulan dengan orang sedemikian (yang berbudi dan bijaksana).
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FAQs
The verse links human flourishing (śreyas) to liberation-intent (mumukṣā) and identifies its practical cause: proximity to the wise. Ethical life becomes oriented by the goal one repeatedly contemplates.
This is narrative-ethical instruction supporting the Purāṇa’s teaching function; it is not itself a sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita passage.
Repeated contemplation is shown as a samskāra-forming practice: the mind’s question (‘how to attain śreyas’) matures into mumukṣā, catalyzed by the subtle influence-field of realized company.