Shloka 30
Nārada’s Darśana of Viśvarūpa Nārāyaṇa and the Caturmūrti Doctrine (नारदस्य नारायणदर्शनं चतुर्मूर्तिविचारश्च)
पक्षिवत् प्रवणादूर्ध्वममुत्रानन्त्यमश्षुते । विहाय देहान्निर्मुक्तो निर्दन्द्ः प्रशमं गत:
pakṣivat pravaṇād ūrdhvam amutrānantyam aśnute | vihāya dehān nirmukto nirdvandvaḥ praśamaṃ gataḥ ||
Wika ni Janaka: “Gaya ng ibong umaangat mula sa pahilis na dapuan at lumilipad palayo, gayon din ang tao na, matapos iwan ang katawan at maging malaya, ay dumarating sa kapayapaang lampas sa lahat ng magkapares na salungatan; at sa kabilang daigdig ay naaabot niya ang di-nasisirang kalagayan—ang paglaya.”
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Freedom comes through detachment: when one becomes nirdvandva (beyond mental opposites) and established in praśama (inner calm), one transcends bodily identification and attains the imperishable state (moksha).
King Janaka is instructing on liberation in the Shanti Parva’s discourse on peace and renunciation, using the image of a bird leaving its perch to illustrate the soul’s release from the body and entry into the imperishable state.