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Shloka 10

Adhyāya 314 — हिमवदाश्रमः, शक्तिक्षेपकथा, तथा स्वाध्यायविधिः

Himalayan Hermitage, the Myth of the Thrown Spear, and Rules of Vedic Study

ज्ञानिनां सम्भवं श्रेष्ठ स्थानमव्रणमच्युतम्‌ । अतीन्द्रियमबीजं च जन्ममृत्युतमोनुदम्‌,जहाँ किसी प्रकारका कष्ट नहीं है, जहाँसे कभी पतन नहीं होता है, जो इन्द्रियातीत है, जहाँ बन्धनमें डालनेवाला कोई कारण नहीं है तथा जो जन्म, मृत्यु और अज्ञानका विनाश करनेवाला है, वह श्रेष्ठ स्थान (परमपद) ज्ञानियोंको ही प्राप्त हो सकता है

yājñavalkya uvāca | jñānināṃ sambhavaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ sthānam avraṇam acyutam | atīndriyam abījaṃ ca janma-mṛtyu-tamo-nudam ||

Yājñavalkya sprach: Das höchste Ziel, das die Weisen erlangen können, ist jener höchste Zustand—unverwundet und unverweslich, ohne je wieder abzufallen—jenseits der Reichweite der Sinne und ohne irgendeinen „Samen“, der erneut Bindung hervorbringen könnte. Er vertreibt die Finsternis der Unwissenheit und beendet den Kreislauf von Geburt und Tod.

ज्ञानिनाम्of the wise/knowers
ज्ञानिनाम्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञानिन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
सम्भवम्origin; coming-into-being; attainment
सम्भवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसम्भव
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
श्रेष्ठम्best, supreme
श्रेष्ठम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रेष्ठ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
स्थानम्place; state; abode
स्थानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्थान
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अव्रणम्unwounded; unblemished; free from affliction
अव्रणम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्रण
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अच्युतम्imperishable; unfailing; not fallen
अच्युतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअच्युत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अतीन्द्रियम्beyond the senses
अतीन्द्रियम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअतीन्द्रिय
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अबीजम्seedless; without causal seed
अबीजम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअबीज
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
जन्मbirth
जन्म:
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन्
FormNeuter, Stem (compound member), Singular
मृत्युdeath
मृत्यु:
TypeNoun
Rootमृत्यु
FormMasculine, Stem (compound member), Singular
तमःdarkness; ignorance
तमः:
TypeNoun
Rootतमस्
FormNeuter, Stem (compound member), Singular
नुदम्dispelling (birth, death, and ignorance)
नुदम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootनुद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular, Present active participle (शतृ/शानच्-derivative used adjectivally): 'driving away'

याज़्वल्क्य उवाच

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Yājñavalkya

Educational Q&A

Liberation (the supreme state) is attainable through wisdom: it is imperishable, beyond sensory experience, free from the causal ‘seed’ of bondage, and it eradicates ignorance along with birth and death.

In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, the sage Yājñavalkya is describing the nature of the highest goal (parama-pada) and emphasizing that it is reached by the jñānins—those established in true knowledge.