Shloka 13

जनक–सुलभा संवादः

Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment

Devanagari script

केवलेन समागम्य विमुक्तो$5त्मानमाप्नुयात्‌ । एतत्‌ तु तत्त्वमित्याहुर्निस्तत््वमजरामरम्‌,केवल (अद्वितीय) ब्रह्मयेमे मिलकर सब प्रकारके बन्धनोंसे मुक्त हुआ अपने परमार्थस्वरूप परमात्माको प्राप्त हो जाता है। इसीको परमार्थतत्त्व कहते हैं। यह सब तत्त्वोंसे अतीत तथा जरा-मरणसे रहित है

Transliteration

kevalena samāgamya vimukto ’tmānam āpnuyāt | etat tu tattvam ity āhur nistattvam ajarāmaram ||

Translation

Vasiṣṭha said: By coming into union with the One alone, a person—freed from every bond—attains the Self in its highest reality. This, they declare, is the true Reality: beyond all categories and principles, and untouched by decay and death.

Word by Word

केवलेनby/with the sole (one)

समागम्यhaving met/attained

विमुक्तःfreed, liberated

आत्मानम्the Self

आप्नुयात्would attain

एतत्this

तुbut/indeed

तत्त्वम्reality, true principle

इतिthus

आहुःthey say

निस्तत्त्वम्beyond all principles/categories

अजरामरम्undecaying and deathless

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vasiṣṭha

Ātman

Kevala (non-dual Brahman)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes