Shloka 16
Nārāyaṇasya Guhya-nāmāni Niruktāni (Etymologies of Nārāyaṇa’s Secret Epithets) / नारायणस्य गुह्यनामानि निरुक्तानि
आत्मभूतैरतदभूत: सह चैव विनैव च । स विमुक्तः परं श्रेयो नचिरेणाधितिष्ठति
ātmabhūtair atadbhūtaḥ saha caiva vinaiva ca | sa vimuktaḥ paraṃ śreyo na cireṇādhitiṣṭhati ||
那罗陀说：若有人虽居于似为“我”的身与诸根之间，却不与之同一——与之同处而又超然相离——此人方为真解脱。其既已制伏诸根，于诸境中行而无著，不久便得安住于至上之善。
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation arises from non-identification: even while the body and senses function, one should not take them to be the self. With controlled senses and non-attachment to objects, one quickly attains the highest good.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Nārada describes the mark of a liberated person: living amid embodied life yet remaining inwardly separate from the body-sense complex, and thus swiftly reaching supreme welfare.