Shloka 76
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
स निमज्जति कालस्य यदैकत्वं न बुध्यते । उनन््मज्जति हि कालस्य समत्वेनाभिसंवृत:
sa nimajjati kālasya yadaikatvaṁ na budhyate | unmajjati hi kālasya samatvenābhisaṁvṛtaḥ ||
阎若婆迦说道：若人不觉悟自身的一体性（与至上我同一），便沉入时间之力。若为平等心所覆护，便超越时间而上升。其旨在于：系缚由对身份的误认与执著而延续；解脱则由坚固的平等观与对最高实在之合一的认知而来。
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Failure to realize one’s unity with the Supreme leads to being overwhelmed by Time (mortality, change, suffering). Equanimity (samatva) grounded in right knowledge enables one to transcend Time’s sway.
In a didactic discourse within the Śānti Parva, Yājñavalkya explains the spiritual condition of the jīva: ignorance of oneness causes ‘submergence’ in kāla, while the cultivation of even-minded wisdom brings ‘emergence’—a metaphor for liberation.