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Shloka 34

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

तद्वद्‌ भगवतानेन शिखा प्रोक्तेन भिक्षुणा । ज्ञानं कृतमबीजं मे विषयेषु न जायते

tadvat bhagavatānena śikhāproktena bhikṣuṇā | jñānaṁ kṛtam abījaṁ me viṣayeṣu na jāyate ||

Janaka dit : «Ainsi, la connaissance que m’a enseignée ce vénérable mendiant—Pañcaśikha—a été rendue en moi “sans semence”. C’est pourquoi, même lorsque je me meus au milieu du “champ” des objets des sens, elle ne germe plus en attachement ni en désir. De même qu’une graine rôtie sur un tesson ou dans quelque récipient ne peut germer même si elle tombe en terre fertile, ainsi cette sagesse n’engendre pas de nouveaux liens dans le domaine des plaisirs.»

तद्वत्likewise, in the same way
तद्वत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद्वत्
भगवताby the Blessed one / by the venerable one
भगवता:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
अनेनby this
अनेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
शिखाtopknot; (name/epithet) Śikhā
शिखा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशिखा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
प्रोक्तेनspoken/declared (by)
प्रोक्तेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-वच्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)
भिक्षुणाby the mendicant
भिक्षुणा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootभिक्षु
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
ज्ञानम्knowledge
ज्ञानम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञान
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
कृतम्made, rendered, effected
कृतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootकृ
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)
अबीजम्seedless; without (karmic) seed
अबीजम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-बीज
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
मेmy, of me
मे:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
विषयेषुin sense-objects; in worldly objects
विषयेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootविषय
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
जायतेis born; arises; comes into being
जायते:
TypeVerb
Rootजन्
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

जनक उवाच

J
Janaka
P
Pañcaśikha
B
bhikṣu (mendicant/ascetic)
J
jñāna (knowledge)
V
viṣaya (sense-objects)

Educational Q&A

True liberating knowledge is ‘seedless’ (abīja): it removes the latent causes that would otherwise sprout into renewed desire, attachment, and bondage. Even while living amid sense-objects, one who has such insight does not generate fresh craving.

King Janaka is speaking about the transformative instruction he received from the ascetic Pañcaśikha. He uses the metaphor of roasted seed—incapable of germination—to explain that his realized knowledge no longer produces attachment in the realm of pleasures.