Shloka 30
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
केवलात्मा तथा चैव केवलेन समेत्य वै | स्वतन्त्रश्न स्वतन्त्रेण स्वतन्त्रत्वमवाप्तुते
kevalātmā tathā caiva kevalena sametya vai | svatantraś ca svatantrena svatantratvam avāpnute ||
瓦西什塔说道：当个我安住于自身清净本性，与那绝对自在的唯一者合一，便证得同样的自在之境。由与不二的至上我建立相应，它便与彼同相——确乎抵达无比的至上实在——于是获得真实的自由。
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
True freedom (svatantratva) is not mere personal autonomy; it is attained when the individual self aligns and unites with the non-dual Supreme Self, the absolutely independent Reality. Contact with the Independent (Paramātman) makes the self genuinely independent.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation, Vasiṣṭha explains to his listener that the self, by establishing relation with the non-dual Supreme, becomes of that nature and thereby attains real freedom—framing liberation as union/identity with the Supreme rather than worldly power.