Shloka 7
मृत्योर्ब्रह्मणा नियोजनम् — The Commissioning of Mṛtyu by Brahmā
कामबन्धनमेवैकं॑ नान्यदस्तीह बन्धनम् । कामबन्धनमुक्तो हि ब्रह्मुभूयाय कल्पते
kāmabandhanam evaikaṁ nānyad astīha bandhanam | kāmabandhanamukto hi brahmabhūyāya kalpate ||
ਇਸ ਜਗਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਕੋ ਹੀ ਬੰਧਨ ਹੈ—ਕਾਮਨਾ; ਇੱਥੇ ਹੋਰ ਕੋਈ ਬੰਧਨ ਨਹੀਂ। ਜੋ ਕਾਮਨਾ ਦੇ ਬੰਧਨ ਤੋਂ ਮੁਕਤ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ-ਭਾਵ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਨ ਯੋਗ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Desire (kāma) is presented as the fundamental cause of bondage; when desire is relinquished, one becomes qualified for brahmabhāva—abidance in Brahman—signifying liberation and inner freedom.
In the instruction-oriented setting of the Śānti Parva, Vyāsa states a concise doctrinal point: worldly entanglement is rooted in desire, and release from desire is the gateway to the highest spiritual state.