Shloka 13
Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)
सर्वसंस्कारनिर्मुक्तो निर्द्धन्द्रो निष्परिग्रह: । तपसा इन्द्रियग्रामं यश्नरेन्मुक्त एव सः,जो सब प्रकारके संस्कारोंसे रहित, द्वद्ध और परिग्रहसे रहित हो गया है तथा जो तपस्याके द्वारा इन्द्रिय-समूहको अपने वशमें करके (अनासक्त) भावसे विचरता है, वह मुक्त ही है
sarvasaṃskāranirmukto nirdvandvo niṣparigrahaḥ | tapasendriyagrāmaṃ yaśnarenmukta eva saḥ ||
सर्वसंस्कारनिर्मुक्तो निर्द्वन्द्वो निष्परिग्रहः । तपसा इन्द्रियग्रामं यः शमयेत् मुक्त एव सः ॥
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is characterized not by external status but by inner freedom: release from conditioning (saṃskāra), equanimity beyond dualities (nirdvandva), non-possessiveness (niṣparigraha), and disciplined mastery of the senses through tapas, enabling unattached conduct in the world.
In Ashvamedhika Parva, a brāhmaṇa voice presents a didactic teaching on the marks of a liberated person, defining mokṣa-oriented life through renunciation, sense-restraint, and equanimity rather than ritual or social identity.