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 said: “With Him I shall attain true likeness; not with this insentient nature. My welfare lies in union with that Supreme Self, not in becoming one with this material principle.”

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.