O illustrious one, if no person, retains any knowledge after departing from this state of existence, if, indeed, this is true, what then is the difference between Ignorance and Knowledge? What do we gain then by knowledge and what do we lose by ignorance?
जनक उवाच भगवन् यदि न प्रेत्य संज्ञा भवति कस्यचित्। एवं सति किमज्ञानं ज्ञानं वा किं करिष्यति॥