Shloka 7
Vānaprastha-vṛtti and the Transition toward the Fourth Āśrama (वानप्रस्थवृत्तिः चतुर्थाश्रमोपक्रमश्च)
यदि वा पुरुषव्याप्रो यदि वा क्लेशधारित: । तरत्येवं महादुर्ग जरामरणसागरम्
yadi vā puruṣavyāpro yadi vā kleśadhāritaḥ | taraty evaṁ mahādurgaṁ jarāmaraṇasāgaram ||
ବ୍ୟାସ କହିଲେ: ସେ ପୁରୁଷମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ସିଂହସମ ଶୂର ହେଉ କି କ୍ଲେଶରେ ଜୀବନ ଧାରଣ କରୁଥିବା ହେଉ—ଏଭଳି ଭାବେ (ଏହି ଦ୍ୱାଦଶ ଯୋଗର) ସାକ୍ଷାତ୍ ଜ୍ଞାନ ପାଇଲେ, ସେ ଜରା-ମରଣର ମହାଦୁର୍ଗମ ସାଗରକୁ ପାର ହୋଇଯାଏ।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is achieved by direct realization of the yogic disciplines (here summarized as ‘twelve yogas’), not by external markers such as social identity, ritual status, or even one’s previous life-condition; true knowledge of yoga enables one to cross the ocean of old age and death.
Vyāsa is instructing the listener in the Śānti Parva’s mokṣa-oriented discourse, stressing the universality of the path: regardless of whether one is actively engaged in life or enduring hardship, realization of the taught yogic knowledge leads beyond mortality.