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Shloka 2

जनक–सुलभा संवादः

Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment

एतदेवं विकुर्वाणो बुध्यमानो न बुध्यते । गुणान्‌ धारयते होष सृजत्याक्षिपते तदा

etad evaṁ vikurvāṇo budhyamāno na budhyate | guṇān dhārayate hoṣa sṛjaty ākṣipate tadā ||

વસિષ્ઠે કહ્યું—પ્રકૃતિના સંસર્ગથી આ રીતે પરિવર્તનો પામતો દેહધારી જીવ, સમજવાની શક્તિ હોવા છતાં બ્રહ્મને યથાર્થ રીતે જાણતો નથી. તે ગુણોને ધારણ કરે છે; અને પછી કર્તૃત્વના અભિમાનથી ગ્રસ્ત થઈ સૃષ્ટિ અને સંહાર તરફ પ્રવૃત્ત થાય છે.

एतत्this (state/thing)
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
एवम्thus
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
विकुर्वाणःtransforming/altering (acting with modification)
विकुर्वाणः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवि + कृ (कृञ् करणे)
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
बुध्यमानःbeing aware/trying to understand
बुध्यमानः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootबुध् (बोधने)
Formशानच् (present middle participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
बुध्यतेunderstands/awakens (to it)
बुध्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootबुध् (बोधने)
FormPresent (Lat), Ātmanepada, 3rd, Singular
गुणान्the qualities (guṇas)
गुणान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
धारयतेbears/holds
धारयते:
TypeVerb
Rootधृ (धारणे)
FormPresent (Lat), Ātmanepada, 3rd, Singular
होindeed (emphatic particle)
हो:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहो
सःhe/that one
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सृजतिcreates/emits
सृजति:
TypeVerb
Rootसृज् (सर्गे)
FormPresent (Lat), Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular
आक्षिपतेwithdraws/draws back/throws away
आक्षिपते:
TypeVerb
Rootआ + क्षिप् (क्षेपणे)
FormPresent (Lat), Ātmanepada, 3rd, Singular
तदाthen/at that time
तदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा

वसिष्ठ उवाच

वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)
जीवात्मा (jīvātman)
ब्रह्म (Brahman)
गुण (guṇas)

Educational Q&A

Contact with Prakṛti and identification with the guṇas produces the false sense of agency. Even an intellectually awakened person may fail to realize Brahman if they cling to doership; liberation requires seeing the Self as distinct from guṇa-driven activity.

Vasiṣṭha is instructing the listener in a mokṣa-oriented discourse: he explains how the jīvātman, entangled with Nature’s qualities, mistakes guṇa-activity for the Self and therefore speaks and acts as a creator and destroyer instead of knowing Brahman.