Shloka 49
जायन्ते च म्रियन्ते च यस्मिन्नेते यतश््युता: । वेदार्थ ये न जानन्ति वेद्यं गन्धर्वसत्तम
jāyante ca mriyante ca yasminn ete yataś cyutāḥ | vedārtha ye na jānanti vedyaṃ gandharvasattama gandharvarāja | samastabhūtaṃ yasmin sthitaṃ yasmād utpadyate yatra ca līyate tam vedapratipādyaṃ jñeyaṃ paramātmānaṃ ye na jānanti te paramārthataś cyutāḥ punar api jāyante mriyante ca |
阎若婆迦说道：“一切众生皆在‘彼’中生起、亦在‘彼’中灭没——依彼而住，由彼而生，复归于彼而融入。噫，乾闼婆中之最胜者，乾闼婆之王啊：凡不解吠陀之义、不识吠陀所示之可知至上我者，便从至善中堕落，因此轮回不息，生而复死。”
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
True freedom from repeated birth and death depends on knowing the Veda’s highest purport: the knowable Supreme Self (Paramātman) in whom all beings abide, from whom they arise, and into whom they dissolve. Ignorance of this leads to deviation from the highest good and continued saṃsāra.
In a didactic exchange within Śānti Parva, the sage Yājñavalkya addresses the king of the Gandharvas, emphasizing that mere existence within the cosmic process is not liberation; only insight into the Veda-taught Supreme Self ends the cycle of birth and death.