Shloka 34

जनक–सुलभा संवादः

Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment

Devanagari script

श्रद्धान्वितायाथ गुणान्विताय परापवादाद्‌ विरताय नित्यम्‌ | विशुद्धयोगाय बुधाय नित्यं क्रियावते च क्षमिणे हिताय

Transliteration

śraddhānvītāyātha guṇānvītāya parāpavādād viratāya nityam | viśuddhayogāya budhāya nityaṁ kriyāvate ca kṣamiṇe hitāya

Translation

Vasiṣṭha sprach: „(Diese Lehre ist zu geben) dem, der von Glauben und guten Eigenschaften erfüllt ist, der beständig davon ablässt, andere zu schmähen; dem Weisen, der immer im reinen Yoga gegründet ist; und auch dem, der sich rechter Lebensführung widmet, im Vergeben geduldig ist und das Wohl aller im Sinn hat.“

Word by Word

श्रद्धा-अन्वितायto one endowed with faith

अथand/then

गुण-अन्वितायto one endowed with virtues

पर-अपवादात्from slandering others

विरतायto one who has desisted

नित्यम्always

विशुद्ध-योगायto one whose yoga is pure / to the pure-yoga practitioner

बुधायto the wise man

नित्यम्always

क्रियावतेto the active/one engaged in right action

चand

क्षमिणेto the patient/forbearing one

हितायto the beneficent/well-wishing one

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vasiṣṭha

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse sets ethical and spiritual qualifications for receiving higher instruction: faith, virtue, restraint from criticizing others, steadiness in purified yoga, commitment to right conduct, forgiveness, and a welfare-oriented disposition.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, Vasiṣṭha is describing the kind of disciple to whom a serious teaching should be entrusted—someone morally disciplined, spiritually mature, and beneficial in intent.