Shloka 26

जनक–सुलभा संवादः

Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment

Devanagari script

सोथयमेवं विमुच्येत नान्यथेति विनिश्चय: । परेण परधर्मा च भवत्येष समेत्य वै

Transliteration

so 'thayam evaṁ vimucyeta nānyatheti viniścayaḥ | pareṇa paradharmā ca bhavaty eṣa sametya vai ||

Translation

Vasiṣṭha dijo: «Sólo así puede uno ser liberado; no hay otro camino: ésta es mi convicción definitiva. Y cuando uno entra en consonancia con lo Supremo, este mismo sendero se vuelve el dharma más alto.»

Word by Word

• सः: he/that (person)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• यम्: whom/which
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एवम्: thus/in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• विमुच्येत: should be released/freed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+मुच्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Atmanepada, 3rd, Singular

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

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• विनिश्चयः: determination/decision
• विनिश्चयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनिश्चय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परेण: by another/through another
• परेण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• परधर्मः: another's duty/alien duty
• परधर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भवति: becomes/is
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present (Lat), Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समेत्य: having come together/approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+इ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (base)

• वै: indeed/verily
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• the Supreme (para)