Nārada’s Darśana of Viśvarūpa Nārāyaṇa and the Caturmūrti Doctrine (नारदस्य नारायणदर्शनं चतुर्मूर्तिविचारश्च)
पक्षिवत् प्रवणादूर्ध्वममुत्रानन्त्यमश्षुते । विहाय देहान्निर्मुक्तो निर्दन्द्ः प्रशमं गत:
pakṣivat pravaṇād ūrdhvam amutrānantyam aśnute | vihāya dehān nirmukto nirdvandvaḥ praśamaṃ gataḥ ||
阇那迦王说道:“如鸟自斜枝振翅而起,飞离其栖;如是,行者舍此身而得自在,入于超越一切对待(冷暖、苦乐等二相)的寂静安然;并于彼世证得不坏之境——解脱。”
जनक उवाच
Freedom comes through detachment: when one becomes nirdvandva (beyond mental opposites) and established in praśama (inner calm), one transcends bodily identification and attains the imperishable state (moksha).
King Janaka is instructing on liberation in the Shanti Parva’s discourse on peace and renunciation, using the image of a bird leaving its perch to illustrate the soul’s release from the body and entry into the imperishable state.