Shloka 21
Aśoka-śāstra: Nārada’s Instruction on the Cessation of Śoka
Grief
गच्छेत् प्राप्पाक्षयं कृत्समनमजन्म शिवमव्ययम् | शाश्वतं स्थानमचल दुष्प्रापमकृतात्मभि:
gacchet prāpyākṣayaṁ kṛtsnam anāmayam ajanmā śivam avyayam | śāśvataṁ sthānam acalaṁ duṣprāpam akṛtātmabhiḥ ||
ଯାଜ୍ଞବଲ୍କ୍ୟ କହିଲେ—ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ଉଚିତ ସେହି ଅକ୍ଷୟ, ସର୍ବବ୍ୟାପୀ ଅବସ୍ଥାକୁ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ କରିବା ପାଇଁ ଅଗ୍ରସର ହେବା—ଯାହା କ୍ଲେଶରହିତ, ଅଜନ୍ମ, ଶିବ (ମଙ୍ଗଳମୟ) ଓ ଅବ୍ୟୟ; ସେ ଶାଶ୍ୱତ, ଅଚଳ ଧାମ, ଅସଂୟମୀ ଓ ଅଶୁଦ୍ଧ ଆତ୍ମାମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ଦୁର୍ଲଭ।
याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is described as an imperishable, unborn, auspicious, unchanging state; it is attainable through inner purification and self-mastery, and remains difficult for the undisciplined.
In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, the sage Yājñavalkya delivers a concise instruction on the nature of the highest goal—an eternal, unmoving abode—and stresses the ethical-ascetic prerequisite of a disciplined self.