Shloka 15
नागैः सह ब्राह्मणस्य अतिथिधर्म-व्रतसंवादः | The Brahmin’s Vow and the Nāgas’ Hospitality Appeal
तस्मादपि च निर्मुक्ता अनिरुद्धतनौ स्थिता:
tasmād api ca nirmuktā aniruddha-tanau sthitāḥ
நாரதர் கூறினார்—“ஆகையால் அந்தப் பந்தத்திலிருந்தும் விடுபட்டு, அவர்கள் அனிருத்தனின் உடல்-வடிவத்தில் நிலைத்து, அவனிலேயே உறுதியாகப் பதிந்திருப்பர்.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes liberation through complete detachment: once freed from prior bonds, the liberated ones remain firmly established in the divine reality represented here as Aniruddha—suggesting steadfast God-centeredness as the culmination of spiritual practice.
Nārada continues an instruction in the Śānti Parva, describing the state of those who have become free: they are no longer entangled in former constraints and are portrayed as abiding in Aniruddha’s form/presence, indicating their settled, unwavering spiritual attainment.