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Shloka 47

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

काषायधारणं मौण्ड्यं त्रिविष्टब्धं कमण्डलुम्‌ । लिज्जन्युत्पथभूतानि न मोक्षायेति मे मति:

kāṣāyadhāraṇaṃ mauṇḍyaṃ trivisṭabdhaṃ kamaṇḍalum | lijjanyutpathabhūtāni na mokṣāyeti me matiḥ ||

قال جاناكا: «إن ارتداء ثياب الزعفران، وحلق الرأس، وحمل قِرْبة الماء (الكَمَنْدَلُو) المعلّقة على عصاً—إذا غدت هذه كلها شاراتٍ ظاهريةً لا تزيد المرء إلا كبراً وتُدخله في طريقٍ مضلّ—فليست، في رأيي، وسائلَ إلى الموكشا. فالتحرّر لا يُنال بالزيّ والاستعراض، بل بالانضباط الباطني وبالفهم القويم».

काषायधारणम्wearing ochre robes
काषायधारणम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकाषाय-धारण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
मौण्ड्यम्shaving of the head / tonsure
मौण्ड्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमौण्ड्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
त्रिविष्टब्धम्thrice-stiffened / rigidly held (austerity)
त्रिविष्टब्धम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि-विष्टब्ध
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
कमण्डलुम्water-pot (kamandalu)
कमण्डलुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकमण्डलु
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
लिङ्गजन्यarising from external marks (of asceticism)
लिङ्गजन्य:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootलिङ्ग-जन्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
उत्पथभूतानिbecome a wrong path / leading astray
उत्पथभूतानि:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्पथ-भूत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मोक्षायfor liberation
मोक्षाय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootमोक्ष
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
मेmy
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
मतिःopinion / view
मतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular

जनक उवाच

J
Janaka
K
kāṣāya (ochre robe)
M
mauṇḍya (shaven head)
K
kamaṇḍalu (ascetic water-pot)

Educational Q&A

External marks of sainthood—ochre robes, a shaven head, and an ascetic’s water-pot—do not by themselves lead to moksha; when adopted for display they become a wrong path. True liberation depends on inner purity, restraint, and right knowledge.

King Janaka is speaking in a didactic context, critiquing superficial renunciation. He warns that outward ascetic symbols, if motivated by pride or pretense, mislead the practitioner and fail to produce liberation.