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 ||
风神伐由说道：“凡真能观见自我（我、Ātman）者，知其无忧无惧、不坏不灭、神圣清净、恒常不变，并遍住一切众生之中——此等之人不为死所胜。此教旨指向以正知得解脱：当人认得内在之我不为身躯变迁所触，且普遍内住于万有，则恐惧与必死之缚便失其力。”
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.