Shloka 58
Brahmā’s Instruction on Brahmacarya, Vānaprastha, and the Aliṅga Path
Ethics of Non-attachment
क्षीणकोशो निरातड्कस्तथेदं प्राप्तुयात् परम्
kṣīṇakośo nirātaṅkastathedaṃ prāptuyāt param | yo tattvavettā anta-samaye ime tattvān jñātvā ekānte niṣaṇṇaḥ paramātmano dhyānaṃ karoti sa ākāśaṃ vicarato vāyor iva sarva-saṅgān parityajya pañcakośa-rahito nirbhayo nirāśrayaś ca bhūtvā muktaḥ paramātmānaṃ prāpnoti ||
风神伐由说道：“他成为五鞘已尽、无所怖畏之人；由此得达至上。通达真实者于最后时刻——既已获得对这些原理的真知，独坐幽寂——观想至上之我。犹如清风行于长空，他从一切执著中滑脱而出；离五鞘、无惧无依，得解脱而证至上我。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is attained by the knower of truth who, especially at life’s end, withdraws into solitude, meditates on the Supreme Self, and becomes free from all attachments—transcending the five sheaths, fear, and dependence.
Vāyu-deva is speaking as a spiritual instructor, describing the state and destiny of a realized person: through knowledge of tattvas and focused meditation, the seeker becomes unattached like the wind moving through space and reaches the Supreme Self.