Shloka 55
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
यदानुपश्यते5त्यन्तमहन्यहनि काश्यप । तदा स केवलीभूत: षड्विंशमनुपश्यति
yadānupaśyate ’tyantam ahany ahani kāśyapa | tadā sa kevalībhūtaḥ ṣaḍviṁśam anupaśyati ||
Yājñavalkya disse: “Ó Kāśyapa, quando um buscador, dia após dia, contempla com máxima intensidade a verdadeira natureza do Si Supremo, então—tornando-se ‘só’ (livre de toda associação com Prakṛti)—ele realiza diretamente o vigésimo sexto princípio: o Senhor Supremo além dos vinte e cinco tattvas.”
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Persistent, daily contemplation of the Supreme Self leads to detachment from Prakṛti and culminates in direct realization of the transcendent ‘twenty-sixth’ principle—God/the Supreme beyond the standard Sāṅkhya enumeration.
In a didactic exchange, the sage Yājñavalkya instructs Kāśyapa about the inner discipline of continuous contemplation and its fruit: freedom from Prakṛti’s entanglement and realization of the highest reality.