Shloka 76
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
स निमज्जति कालस्य यदैकत्वं न बुध्यते । उनन््मज्जति हि कालस्य समत्वेनाभिसंवृत:
sa nimajjati kālasya yadaikatvaṁ na budhyate | unmajjati hi kālasya samatvenābhisaṁvṛtaḥ ||
جب وہ (نفس) پرماتما کے ساتھ اپنی یکتائی کو نہیں جانتا، تو وہ کال (زمانہ) کے غلبے میں ڈوب جاتا ہے۔ اور جب وہ ہمہسری (سمت) سے ڈھک جاتا ہے تو وہ کال سے اوپر اٹھ جاتا ہے۔
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Failure to realize one’s unity with the Supreme leads to being overwhelmed by Time (mortality, change, suffering). Equanimity (samatva) grounded in right knowledge enables one to transcend Time’s sway.
In a didactic discourse within the Śānti Parva, Yājñavalkya explains the spiritual condition of the jīva: ignorance of oneness causes ‘submergence’ in kāla, while the cultivation of even-minded wisdom brings ‘emergence’—a metaphor for liberation.