Shloka 39

Jarā-Mṛtyu-anatikrama: Janaka–Pañcaśikha-saṃvāda

Aging and Death Cannot Be Overstepped

Devanagari script

अनेन साम्यं यास्यामि नानयाहमचेतया । क्षेमं मम सहानेन नैकत्वमनया सह

Transliteration

anena sāmyam yāsyāmi nānayāham acetayā | kṣemaṃ mama sahānena naikatyam anayā saha ||

Translation

Vasiṣṭha sprach: „Mit Ihm werde ich wahre Gleichheit erlangen, nicht mit dieser unbewussten Natur. Mein Heil liegt in der Vereinigung mit dem Höchsten Selbst, nicht darin, eins zu werden mit diesem materiellen Prinzip.“

Word by Word

• अनेन: with this (one)
• अनेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

• साम्यम्: equality, sameness
• साम्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: साम्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• यास्यामि: I shall go/attain
• यास्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (याति)
• Form: simple future (luṭ), 1st, singular, parasmaipada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अनया: with this (f.)
• अनया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• अचेतया: with the insentient (one)
• अचेतया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अचेत (अ-चेत)
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

• क्षेमम्: welfare, well-being
• क्षेमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेम
• Form: masculine/neuter, accusative, singular

• मम: of me, my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, genitive, singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• अनेन: with this (one)
• अनेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एकत्वम्: oneness, unity
• एकत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकत्व
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• अनया: with this (f.)
• अनया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)
• परमात्मा (Paramātman, implied by context)
• प्रकृति (Prakṛti, implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches viveka: seek likeness/union with the Supreme Self (Paramātman), not identification with insentient prakṛti. True kṣema (welfare) lies in spiritual union rather than material self-identification.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha is articulating a renunciant insight within Śānti Parva’s mokṣa-oriented discourse: he rejects merging his identity with inert nature and declares his aim to attain the state of the Supreme.