Shloka 86
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
ते सहस्रार्चिषं देवं प्रविशन्तीह शुश्रुम । ब्रह्म! परंतु आपने मोक्षको परम शान्ति एवं परम सुखस्वरूप बताया है। जो मुक्त होते हैं
te sahasrārciṣaṃ devaṃ praviśantīha śuśruma | brahma! paraṃ tu āpne mokṣaṃ paramaśāntiṃ evaṃ parama-sukha-svarūpaṃ vaktum ārabdhavān asi | ye muktāḥ, te puṇya-pāpa-rahitāḥ sahasra-kiraṇaiḥ prakāśamāne bhagavati nārāyaṇe deve praviśanti—iti mayā śrutam | tataḥ tiṣye ’tha samprāpte yuge kali-puraskṛte | ekapāda-sthito dharmo yatra tatra bhaviṣyati ||
阇那弥阇耶说道：“我们听闻，解脱者将进入那位千焰之神。婆罗门啊！你曾说解脱（mokṣa）是至上的安宁，是无上极乐之体。我也听闻，那些获得自由的人——既离福德亦离罪业——将融入光辉的那罗延（Nārāyaṇa），其光芒无量无边。其后，当迦梨纪在补沙（Puṣya／Tiṣya）宿之下开启时，达摩将只余一足而立，只在此处彼处零星显现。”
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is portrayed as supreme peace and bliss, where the liberated transcend both merit and sin and enter/merge into the radiant Lord Nārāyaṇa; in contrast, the onset of Kali Yuga is marked by a drastic decline of Dharma, which survives only in a diminished, sporadic form.
Janamejaya addresses a Brahmanical sage, recalling what he has heard about the destiny of the liberated (entry into the thousand-rayed Lord) and then shifts to a prophetic note about the coming of Kali Yuga under the Puṣya (Tiṣya) asterism, when righteousness will largely wane.