Shloka 86
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
ते सहस्रार्चिषं देवं प्रविशन्तीह शुश्रुम । ब्रह्म! परंतु आपने मोक्षको परम शान्ति एवं परम सुखस्वरूप बताया है। जो मुक्त होते हैं
te sahasrārciṣaṃ devaṃ praviśantīha śuśruma | brahma! paraṃ tu āpne mokṣaṃ paramaśāntiṃ evaṃ parama-sukha-svarūpaṃ vaktum ārabdhavān asi | ye muktāḥ, te puṇya-pāpa-rahitāḥ sahasra-kiraṇaiḥ prakāśamāne bhagavati nārāyaṇe deve praviśanti—iti mayā śrutam | tataḥ tiṣye ’tha samprāpte yuge kali-puraskṛte | ekapāda-sthito dharmo yatra tatra bhaviṣyati ||
Janamejaya disse: “Ouvimos que os libertos entram naquele Senhor divino de mil chamas. Ó brâmane! Tu descreveste a libertação (mokṣa) como a paz suprema e como a própria forma da bem-aventurança mais alta. Também ouvi que aqueles que se tornam livres—purificados de mérito e de pecado—fundem-se no radiante Senhor Nārāyaṇa, que brilha com incontáveis raios. E depois, quando a era de Kali começar sob o asterismo Puṣya (Tiṣya), o Dharma permanecerá de pé sobre um só pé, aparecendo apenas aqui e ali.”
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is portrayed as supreme peace and bliss, where the liberated transcend both merit and sin and enter/merge into the radiant Lord Nārāyaṇa; in contrast, the onset of Kali Yuga is marked by a drastic decline of Dharma, which survives only in a diminished, sporadic form.
Janamejaya addresses a Brahmanical sage, recalling what he has heard about the destiny of the liberated (entry into the thousand-rayed Lord) and then shifts to a prophetic note about the coming of Kali Yuga under the Puṣya (Tiṣya) asterism, when righteousness will largely wane.