Shloka 79
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
राजन! परमात्मा भिन्न है और जीवात्मा भिन्न; क्योंकि परमात्मा जीवात्माका आश्रय है; परंतु ज्ञानी संत-महात्मा उन दोनोंको एक ही देखते और समझते हैं ।।
rājan! paramātmā bhinnaḥ ca jīvātmā bhinnaḥ; yasmāt paramātmā jīvātmano 'śrayaḥ; kintu jñāninaḥ santa-mahātmānaḥ tau ubhau ekam iva paśyanti ca manyante. te na etat nābhinandanti pañcaviṃśakam acyutam | janma-mṛtyu-bhayād bhītā yogāḥ sāṅkhyāś ca kāśyapa | ṣaḍviṃśam anupaśyantaḥ śucayas tat-parāyaṇāḥ ||
阎若伐迦说道：“大王啊，至上之我（Paramātman，梵：最高我）与个体之我（jīvātman，生灵我）本为有别；因为至上之我是个体之我的依止与所凭。然诸智者——圣贤与大心之见者——却观之、解之为一。故迦叶波之后裔啊，畏惧生死之险的瑜伽行者与数论修习者，并不以第二十五原理而自足。其心清净，专归至上，观照第二十六原理——至上之我；由此无差别之见，恒常欢喜赞叹。”
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that although the Supreme Self (paramātmā) and the individual self (jīvātmā) can be spoken of as distinct—because the Supreme is the support and ground of the individual—the realized sages perceive a deeper unity. Hence serious seekers do not stop at a limited metaphysical account (the ‘twenty-fifth principle’) but contemplate the higher ‘twenty-sixth’ reality, the Supreme, and rejoice in the vision of non-difference that frees one from fear of birth and death.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation, Yājñavalkya addresses the king and explains how advanced practitioners of Yoga and Sāṅkhya, motivated by dread of saṃsāra (repeated birth and death), pursue direct contemplation of the Supreme principle. The passage frames philosophical enumeration (tattvas) as a practical spiritual ladder culminating in devotion and purified insight.