Shloka 18
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
चेतनेन समेतस्य पञ्चविंशतिकस्य ह । एकत्वं वै भवत्यस्य यदा बुद्धा न बुध्यते
cetanena sametasya pañcaviṁśatikasya ha | ekatvaṁ vai bhavaty asya yadā buddhā na budhyate ||
Wika ni Vasiṣṭha: Kapag ang pansariling kaluluwa—na kabilang sa dalawampu’t limang prinsipyo at kaisa ng dalisay na kamalayan—ay hindi na “nakaaalam” sa pamamagitan ng talino, ibig sabihin ay tumitigil na sa pag-angkin sa di-malay na kalipunan bilang “ako” o “akin,” saka natatanto ang kanyang pagkakaisa sa Kataas-taasang Katotohanang laging may kamalayan.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation arises when the self stops identifying with the inert psycho-physical aggregate through buddhi; with the collapse of ‘I/mine’ appropriation, the self’s unity with the ever-conscious Supreme is realized.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation, Vasiṣṭha explains a Sāṅkhya-leaning analysis: the self (counted among the tattvas) is associated with consciousness, and when intellect ceases to project identification, the realization of oneness with the Supreme follows.