Through the knowledge of the tattva, liberated, saṃsāra does not exist at all.

Tattva-jñāna: knowledge of the principle, not knowledge of things. Vinirmuktaḥ: liberated, not through action but through knowledge. Naiva vidyate: it does not exist at all. It is not that saṃsāra disappears objectively; rather, it is revealed as never having been a vastu, a real thing. Correct knowledge does not transform the object; it transforms the relationship with the object. Just as one who knows the rope no longer sees a snake: the rope did not change; the vision did. The sādhaka who asks, “How do I abandon saṃsāra?” is asking the wrong question. One does not abandon it; one sees through it. One does not escape it; one awakens from it. The correct question is, “How do I awaken to the knowledge that dissolves the superimposition?” And Vāsiṣṭha’s answer is: vicāra, sustained investigation, śravaṇa-manana-nididhyāsana: listening, reflecting, meditating. Not magical techniques; cognitive discipline. The tattva is not hidden; it is veiled. Knowledge does not create it; it reveals it.