Shloka 8
Vānaprastha-vṛtti and the Transition toward the Fourth Āśrama (वानप्रस्थवृत्तिः चतुर्थाश्रमोपक्रमश्च)
एवं होतेन योगेन युज्जानो होवमन्ततः । अपि जिज्ञासमानो5पि शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते,इस प्रकार सिद्धिपर्यन्त इस योगका अभ्यास करनेवाला पुरुष यदि ब्रह्मका जिज्ञासु हो तो वेदोक्त सकाम कर्मोकी सीमाको लाँघ जाता है
evaṁ hotena yogena yujjāno hovam antataḥ | api jijñāsamāno 'pi śabda-brahmātivartate ||
ଏହିପରି ସୁସାଧିତ ଯୋଗରେ ଯୁକ୍ତ ହୋଇ, ତାହାକୁ ଶେଷ ସିଦ୍ଧି ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ନେଇଯାଉଥିବା ପୁରୁଷ—ସେ ଯଦି ଏପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ କେବଳ ବ୍ରହ୍ମ-ଜିଜ୍ଞାସୁ ମାତ୍ର ହେଉଥିଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ—‘ଶବ୍ଦବ୍ରହ୍ମ’କୁ, ଅର୍ଥାତ୍ ବେଦବିହିତ ବିଧି-ନିଷେଧ ଓ କାମ୍ୟ କର୍ମର ସୀମାକୁ ଅତିକ୍ରମ କରେ।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Steady yoga, carried to completion, enables a seeker to go beyond the Veda’s ritual-and-reward framework (śabda-brahma) and move toward higher Brahman-realization; inner discipline outranks desire-motivated religious action.
In the didactic setting of Śānti Parva, Vyāsa is explaining the transformative power of yoga: even a person still in the stage of inquiry (jijñāsā) can, through accomplished practice, surpass the limits of Vedic ritualism and its fruit-oriented duties.