Mahabharata — Shanti Parva, Shloka 203
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
चतुर्विशमसारं च षड्विंशस्य प्रबोधनात् । छब्बीसवाँ तत्त्व परमात्मा अजन्मा
caturviśam asāraṃ ca ṣaḍviṃśasya prabodhanāt |
瓦西什塔开示：由觉悟第二十六原理——至上我（Paramātman），不生、遍一切处、且不为相染之过所触——个体之我依止于彼，并亲证其本性；凭借至上之智的威力，便（仿佛）亦成遍一切处。既见构成自性的二十四原理皆无实义，遂舍离对其执著。
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Realization of the twenty-sixth principle (Paramātman)—unborn, all-pervading, and free from the taint of association—dissolves the sense of limitation in the individual self. With the rise of supreme knowledge, one ceases to treat the twenty-four evolutes of Prakṛti as ultimately real or worthy of attachment, and thus turns toward liberation through dispassion and insight.
Vasiṣṭha is instructing on metaphysical discernment: distinguishing Prakṛti’s twenty-four principles from the transcendent Supreme Self. The passage frames liberation as taking refuge in the Supreme, attaining direct realization, and thereby abandoning identification with the insubstantial constituents of nature.