Shloka 49
Brahmā’s Instruction on Brahmacarya, Vānaprastha, and the Aliṅga Path
Ethics of Non-attachment
निश्चिन्तमव्ययं दिव्यं कूटस्थमपि सर्वदा | सर्वभूतस्थमात्मानं ये पश्यन्ति न ते मृता:
niścintam avyayaṃ divyaṃ kūṭastham api sarvadā | sarvabhūtastham ātmānaṃ ye paśyanti na te mṛtāḥ ||
جو لوگ آتما کو بےفکری، لازوال، الٰہی، ہمیشہ کُوٹستھ (غیر متغیر) اور تمام جانداروں میں قائم دیکھتے ہیں—وہ موت کے ہاتھوں مغلوب نہیں ہوتے۔
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Realization of the Ātman as immutable (kūṭastha), imperishable (avyaya), and present in all beings (sarvabhūtastha) leads to transcendence of death—not merely physical survival, but freedom from the existential bondage of mortality through liberating knowledge.
Vāyudeva is speaking as a teacher, presenting a concise doctrinal statement: those who perceive the true nature of the Self—divine, unchanging, and universally indwelling—are not 'dead' in the ultimate sense, because they abide in the deathless reality beyond bodily conditions.