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जनकस्य मोक्षमार्गप्रश्नः तथा पञ्चशिखोपदेश-प्रस्तावः | Janaka’s Path to Liberation: Prelude to Pañcaśikha’s Instruction

ऑपनआक्रात [छ। अ्--क्ाजण एकादशाधिकद्वधिशततमो<्ध्याय: संसारचक्र और जीवात्माकी स्थितिका वर्णन गुरुर्वाच चतुर्विधानि भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च । अव्यक्तप्रभवान्याहुरव्यक्तनिधनानि च । अव्यक्तलक्षणं विद्यादव्यक्तात्मात्मकं मन:,गुरुजी कहते हैं--वत्स! जरायुज, अण्डज, स्वेदज और उद्धिज्ज--ये चार प्रकारके जो स्थावर और जड़म प्राणी हैं, वे सब अव्यक्तसे उत्पन्न हुए बताये गये हैं और अव्यक्तमें ही उन सबका लय होता है। जिसका कोई लक्षण व्यक्त न हो उसे अव्यक्त समझना चाहिये। मन अव्यक्त प्रकृतिके समान ही त्रिगुणात्मक है

bhīṣma uvāca | guruḥ uvāca—caturvidhāni bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca | avyaktaprabhavāny āhur avyaktanidhanāni ca | avyaktalakṣaṇaṃ vidyād avyaktātmātmakam manaḥ |

Bhīṣma sprach: Der Lehrer sagte—„Mein Kind, die Wesen sind viererlei, ob unbeweglich oder beweglich. Man sagt, sie entstünden aus dem Unmanifesten (Avyakta) und lösten sich wieder in das Unmanifeste auf. Was kein sichtbares Merkmal trägt, soll als ‚Unmanifest‘ verstanden werden. Auch der Geist ist von der Natur des Unmanifesten—aus den drei Guṇas zusammengesetzt.“

गुरुःthe teacher
गुरुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुरु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular
चतुर्विधानिfourfold
चतुर्विधानि:
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर्विध
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
भूतानिbeings
भूतानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
स्थावराणिimmobile
स्थावराणि:
TypeAdjective
Rootस्थावर
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
चराणिmobile
चराणि:
TypeAdjective
Rootचर
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अव्यक्तप्रभवानिhaving the unmanifest as origin
अव्यक्तप्रभवानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यक्तप्रभव
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
आहुःthey say
आहुः:
TypeVerb
Rootअह्
FormPerfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Plural
अव्यक्तनिधनानिhaving the unmanifest as end (dissolution)
अव्यक्तनिधनानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यक्तनिधन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अव्यक्तलक्षणम्the characteristic of the unmanifest
अव्यक्तलक्षणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअव्यक्तलक्षण
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
विद्यात्one should know
विद्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular
अव्यक्तात्मात्मकम्whose nature is unmanifest (unmanifest in essence)
अव्यक्तात्मात्मकम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यक्तात्मात्मक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मनःmind
मनः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
G
guru (teacher)
A
avatṣa (dear child/disciple)
A
avyakta (the Unmanifest)
M
manaḥ (mind)

Educational Q&A

All beings—whether immobile or mobile—originate from the Unmanifest (avyakta) and ultimately dissolve back into it; the mind itself is also rooted in that unmanifest, tri-guṇa nature. The teaching frames existence as a cyclical emergence and reabsorption, encouraging discernment of the unmanifest ground behind changing forms.

Within Bhīṣma’s instruction in the Śānti Parva, a teacher addresses a disciple and begins a metaphysical explanation of saṃsāra: classification of beings, their source and end in the avyakta, and the status of mind as tri-guṇa and akin to the unmanifest principle.