Shloka 2

Śakra–Namuci-saṃvāda: Śoka-nivāraṇa and Daiva-vicāra

Indra and Namuci on grief, composure, and inevitability

Devanagari script

जनक उवाच भगवन्‌ यदि न प्रेत्य संज्ञा भवति कस्यचित्‌ | एवं सति किमज्ञानं ज्ञानं वा कि करिष्यति,जनकने पूछा--भगवन्‌! यदि मृत्युके पश्चात्‌ किसीकी कोई विशेष संज्ञा नहीं रह जाती तो उस स्थितिमें अज्ञान अथवा ज्ञान क्या करेगा?

Transliteration

janaka uvāca bhagavan yadi na pretya saṃjñā bhavati kasyacit | evaṃ sati kim ajñānaṃ jñānaṃ vā kiṃ kariṣyati ||

Translation

Janaka sprach: „O Erhabener! Wenn nach dem Tod bei niemandem irgendein besonderes Bewusstsein oder eine eigene Identität verbleibt, was vermöchten dann in einer solchen Lage Unwissenheit — oder selbst Erkenntnis — zu bewirken?“

Word by Word

जनकःJanaka

उवाचsaid

भगवन्O Blessed one / O Lord

यदिif

नnot

प्रेत्यhaving died; after death

संज्ञाconsciousness; recognition; identity

भवतिis; becomes; exists

कस्यचित्of anyone; of someone

एवम्thus; in this way

सतिwhen (this) is so; in that case

किम्what

अज्ञानम्ignorance

ज्ञानम्knowledge

वाor

किम्what

करिष्यतिwill do; will accomplish

Speaker

जनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Janaka

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes