Shloka 54
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
अजसं जन्मनिधनं चिन्तयित्वा त्रयीमिमाम् | परित्यज्य क्षयमिह अक्षयं धर्ममास्थित:
ajasaṃ janma-nidhanaṃ cintayitvā trayīm imām | parityajya kṣayam iha akṣayaṃ dharmam āsthitaḥ ||
阎若伐迦（Yājñavalkya）说道：当观照到生死轮回在轮回界（saṃsāra）中无有穷尽地流转时，应当明了吠陀的祭仪体系——三部吠陀及其所规定的诸般仪轨——连同其所得果报，皆属可坏之物；于是舍离对这些暂时目标的执著，并在此生之中归依那不坏的法（Dharma）。
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Because birth and death continue without cessation, one should see ritual actions and their promised rewards as transient and instead commit oneself to the imperishable Dharma—an orientation toward lasting spiritual-ethical realization rather than perishable gains.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, the sage Yājñavalkya speaks as a teacher, urging a shift from reliance on Vedic ritualism aimed at finite results to the pursuit of an enduring, liberative Dharma grounded in insight into saṃsāra.