Shloka 30
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
ज्ञानेन कुरुते यत्नं यत्नेन प्राप्पते महत् | महद् द्वन््धप्रमोक्षाय सा सिद्धिरया वयो5तिगा
jñānena kurute yatnaṃ yatnena prāpyate mahat | mahad dvandva-pramokṣāya sā siddhir iyam atyagā ||
Janaka dit : L’homme s’efforce par la connaissance; par cet effort il atteint le Grand (la réalisation). Cette Grande réalisation est le moyen de se délivrer des paires d’opposés—plaisir et douleur, et autres semblables. Voilà l’accomplissement véritable, celui qui transcende même le Temps, c’est-à-dire la mort.
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Knowledge must be made active through disciplined effort; that effort culminates in profound Self-realization, which frees one from the tyranny of opposites like pleasure and pain and is therefore a true spiritual attainment that transcends even death.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, King Janaka speaks as a teacher, explaining how sustained striving grounded in knowledge leads to the highest realization and to freedom from worldly dualities.