Shloka 40
Jarā-Mṛtyu-anatikrama: Janaka–Pañcaśikha-saṃvāda
Aging and Death Cannot Be Overstepped
एवं परमसम्बोधात् पञज्चविंशो<नुबुद्धवान् । अक्षरत्वं नियच्छेत त्यक्त्वा क्षरमनामयम्,“इस प्रकार उत्तम विवेकके द्वारा अपने शुद्ध स्वरूपका ज्ञान प्राप्तकर चौबीस तत्त्वोंसे परे पचीसवाँ आत्मा क्षरभाव (विनाशशीलता) का त्याग करके निरामय अक्षरभावको प्राप्त होता है
evaṁ paramasambodhāt pañcaviṁśo’nubuddhavān | akṣaratvaṁ niyacchet tyaktvā kṣaram anāmayam ||
婆悉吒说道：“如是，凭借至上的辨慧觉醒，第二十五原理——真我——既已了知自身清净本性，超越二十四种成分，便舍弃可坏之相，而证得不坏、无垢之境。”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
By supreme discernment one realizes the Self as the twenty-fifth principle beyond the twenty-four material constituents; relinquishing identification with the perishable (kṣara), one becomes established in the imperishable, unailing state (akṣara), which is a mokṣa-oriented vision.
Vasiṣṭha is instructing on liberation-oriented knowledge: he summarizes how realization (parama-sambodha) leads the seeker to recognize the Self’s transcendence over the tattvas and to shift from the mutable condition to the imperishable reality.