Shloka 43
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
ब्रह्मोवाच क्षीणाधिकारो भवति मुक्तियोग्यो न कर्मवान् ।
सत्त्वाधिकारवान् मुक्तिमवाप्स्यति ततो भवान् ॥
brahmovāca kṣīṇādhikāro bhavati muktiyogyo na karmavān / sattvādhikāravān muktim avāpsyati tato bhavān
பிரம்மா கூறினார்—யாருடைய அதிகாரம் (அதிகார-போகம்) தீர்ந்துவிட்டதோ அவனே மோக்ஷத்திற்குத் தகுதியானவன்; கர்மப் பந்தத்தில் கட்டுண்டவன் அல்ல. ஆனால் சத்த்வ அதிகாரம் உடையவன் மோக்ஷத்தை அடைவான்; ஆகவே நீயும் அதனை அடைவாய்।
FAQs
Liberation is linked to inner qualification (sattva, clarity, dispassion) rather than sheer activity; action performed under binding compulsion differs from action aligned with purification and release.
Still within the manvantara stream (manvantara), this is a doctrinal aside explaining the moral-spiritual prerequisites that underwrite cosmic offices like Manu and their eventual liberation.
‘Adhikāra’ can be read as the remaining momentum of embodied destiny; when it is attenuated and sattva predominates, consciousness can disengage from compulsory becoming.