Shloka 25
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
पराशरगोत्री संन्यास-धर्मावलम्बी वृद्ध महात्मा पंचशिख मेरे गुरु हैं। मैं उनका परम प्रिय शिष्य हूँ ।। सांख्यज्ञाने च योगे च महीपालविधौ तथा । त्रिविधे मोक्षधर्मेडस्मिन् गताध्वा छिन्नसंशय:
sāṅkhyajñāne ca yoge ca mahīpālavidhau tathā | trividhe mokṣadharme 'smin gatādhvā chinnasaṁśayaḥ ||
Janaka dit : «Le vénérable Pañcaśikha, mahātmā d’un grand âge, issu du gotra de Parāśara et fidèle au dharma du saṃnyāsa, est mon maître ; je suis son disciple le plus cher. Dans la connaissance du Sāṅkhya et dans le Yoga, et de même dans la discipline de la royauté, mon maître a parcouru toute la voie. Dans cet enseignement triple de la délivrance, il a atteint l’autre rive, toutes les hésitations tranchées.»
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation-oriented wisdom is presented as a threefold mastery: Sāṅkhya (right knowledge and discrimination), Yoga (inner discipline and practice), and rājadharma (ethical governance). A true teacher is one who has integrated these and become free of doubt.
Janaka is describing the spiritual authority of his teacher, praising him as accomplished in philosophical insight, yogic discipline, and the duties of rulership, thereby establishing the teacher’s credibility in matters of mokṣadharma.