Shloka 9
Adhyāya 314 — हिमवदाश्रमः, शक्तिक्षेपकथा, तथा स्वाध्यायविधिः
Himalayan Hermitage, the Myth of the Thrown Spear, and Rules of Vedic Study
राजसैस्तामसै: सत्त्वैर्युक्तो मानुषमाप्तुयात् । पुण्यपापवियुक्तानां स्थानमाहुर्महात्मनाम् । शाश्व॒तं चाव्ययं चैवमक्षयं चामृतं च तत्
rājasais tāmasaiḥ sattvair yukto mānuṣam āptuyāt | puṇya-pāpa-viyuktānāṃ sthānam āhur mahātmanām | śāśvataṃ cāvyayaṃ caivam akṣayaṃ cāmṛtaṃ ca tat |
耶若那伐迦说道：当具身之众生与三种性向——罗阇斯、塔摩斯与萨埵——相应时，便得人身。然而对于那些既离福德亦离罪业的大心者，诸贤宣说有一境界：恒常不变，不坏不尽，且为不死之位。
याज़्वल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Human birth is explained as arising when the self is associated with the three guṇas (sattva, rajas, tamas). Liberation, however, is described as the state of those who transcend the duality of merit and sin—an eternal, unchanging, imperishable, deathless condition.
In a didactic discourse within Śānti Parva, the sage Yājñavalkya instructs about the guṇas, karmic dualities, and the higher goal: the declared ‘abode’ of great souls who are beyond both puṇya and pāpa.