तच्चित्तास्तद्गतप्राणा जीवन्मुक्ता न संशयः । अग्रिप्रवेशं ये कुर्युरविमुक्ते विचारतः ॥ ५६ ॥
taccittāstadgataprāṇā jīvanmuktā na saṃśayaḥ | agripraveśaṃ ye kuryuravimukte vicārataḥ || 56 ||
Yaong ang isip ay nakatuon sa Kataas-taasan at ang hininga’y nalulubog sa Kanya ay jīvanmukta—malaya habang nabubuhay—walang alinlangan. At ang sinumang, matapos ang wastong pagninilay, pumasok sa apoy sa Avimukta ay umaabot din sa kalagayang iyon.
Suta (narrating the Avimukta-mahātmya within the Uttara-Bhaga tradition)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
It declares that unwavering absorption of mind and prāṇa in the Supreme brings jīvanmukti, and it presents Avimukta (Kāśī) as a uniquely potent setting where deliberate, discerned renunciation even unto fire-entry is linked with liberation.
Although framed in jñāna-language (“That”), the practice is bhakti-like single-pointedness: fixing the mind and life-force on the Lord/Supreme without distraction, which the Purāṇic tradition treats as the essence of surrender leading to freedom.
The verse emphasizes vicāra (discernment) before any extreme act, aligning with Dharma-śāstra reasoning and ritual propriety rather than a technical Vedāṅga like Jyotiṣa or Vyākaraṇa; the practical takeaway is that sacred acts in tīrthas must be guided by informed deliberation.