Shloka 203
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
चतुर्विशमसारं च षड्विंशस्य प्रबोधनात् । छब्बीसवाँ तत्त्व परमात्मा अजन्मा
caturviśam asāraṃ ca ṣaḍviṃśasya prabodhanāt |
Vasiṣṭha ensina que, pelo despertar ao vigésimo sexto princípio — o Si Supremo (Paramātman), não nascido, onipenetrante e intocado pela mancha da associação — o si individual, tomando refúgio Nisso e realizando diretamente a Sua natureza, torna-se (por assim dizer) onipenetrante pelo poder do conhecimento supremo. Vendo como insubstanciais os vinte e quatro princípios que constituem a Prakṛti, renuncia ao apego a eles.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Realization of the twenty-sixth principle (Paramātman)—unborn, all-pervading, and free from the taint of association—dissolves the sense of limitation in the individual self. With the rise of supreme knowledge, one ceases to treat the twenty-four evolutes of Prakṛti as ultimately real or worthy of attachment, and thus turns toward liberation through dispassion and insight.
Vasiṣṭha is instructing on metaphysical discernment: distinguishing Prakṛti’s twenty-four principles from the transcendent Supreme Self. The passage frames liberation as taking refuge in the Supreme, attaining direct realization, and thereby abandoning identification with the insubstantial constituents of nature.