Shloka 11
Adhyāya 249 — Mṛtyu-prādurbhāvaḥ (The Manifestation of Death) / Restraint of Tejas and Ordered Saṃhāra
विमुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यो मुक्तत्वच इवोरग: । परां बुद्धिमवाप्येह विपाप्मा विगतज्वर:,केंचुल छोड़कर निकले हुए सर्पके समान सम्पूर्ण पापोंसे मुक्त हो उत्तम बुद्धि पाकर तुम यहाँ पाप और चिन्तासे रहित हो जाओ
vimuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyo muktatvac iva uragaḥ | parāṃ buddhim avāpyeha vipāpmā vigatajvaraḥ ||
विमुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यो मुक्तत्वच इवोरगः । परां बुद्धिमवाप्येह विपाप्मा विगतज्वरः ॥
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
True purification is an inner transformation: by attaining higher discernment (parā buddhi), one becomes free from moral stain (vipāpmā) and from the ‘fever’ of mental agitation (vigatajvaraḥ), as naturally as a serpent leaves behind its old skin.
Vyāsa speaks in an instructive tone, using a vivid simile: just as a serpent emerges after shedding its skin, the listener is urged toward a state of release from past wrongdoing and inner turmoil through the attainment of supreme understanding.