Shloka 46
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
अथ सत्याधिपत्ये5पि ज्ञानेनैवेह केवलम् । मुच्यन्ते सर्वपापेभ्यो देहे परमके स्थिता:,मनुष्यरूप उत्तम शरीरमें स्थित हुए प्राणी प्रभुत्व रखते हुए भी केवल ज्ञानके ही बलसे यहाँ समस्त पापोंसे मुक्त हो जाते हैं
atha satyādhipatye 'pi jñānenaiva iha kevalam | mucyante sarvapāpebhyo dehe paramake sthitāḥ ||
જનક બોલ્યા— સત્ય પર આધારિત આધિપત્ય હોવા છતાં, અહીં માત્ર જ્ઞાનથી જ—ઉત્તમ માનવદેહમાં સ્થિત પ્રાણીઓ—સમસ્ત પાપોથી મુક્ત થાય છે.
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation from moral bondage is attained primarily through jñāna (spiritual knowledge/realization). Even truthful sovereignty and righteous authority are insufficient without inner knowledge; wisdom alone is presented as the decisive liberating force.
King Janaka is speaking in a didactic context within Śānti Parva, drawing a distinction between external status (rulership, authority, even when rooted in truth) and the inner means of freedom, asserting that embodied humans are released from sin through knowledge.