Shloka 34

जनक–सुलभा संवादः

Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment

Devanagari script

श्रद्धान्वितायाथ गुणान्विताय परापवादाद्‌ विरताय नित्यम्‌ | विशुद्धयोगाय बुधाय नित्यं क्रियावते च क्षमिणे हिताय

Transliteration

śraddhānvītāyātha guṇānvītāya parāpavādād viratāya nityam | viśuddhayogāya budhāya nityaṁ kriyāvate ca kṣamiṇe hitāya

Translation

Ajaran ini patut diberikan kepada orang yang beriman dan berbudi, yang senantiasa menahan diri dari mencela orang lain, yang bijaksana dan teguh dalam yoga yang murni; juga kepada dia yang setia pada laku yang benar menurut śāstra, pemaaf, dan bertekad bagi kesejahteraan semua.

Word by Word

श्रद्धा-अन्वितायto one endowed with faith

अथand/then

गुण-अन्वितायto one endowed with virtues

पर-अपवादात्from slandering others

विरतायto one who has desisted

नित्यम्always

विशुद्ध-योगायto one whose yoga is pure / to the pure-yoga practitioner

बुधायto the wise man

नित्यम्always

क्रियावतेto the active/one engaged in right action

चand

क्षमिणेto the patient/forbearing one

हितायto the beneficent/well-wishing one

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vasiṣṭha

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse sets ethical and spiritual qualifications for receiving higher instruction: faith, virtue, restraint from criticizing others, steadiness in purified yoga, commitment to right conduct, forgiveness, and a welfare-oriented disposition.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, Vasiṣṭha is describing the kind of disciple to whom a serious teaching should be entrusted—someone morally disciplined, spiritually mature, and beneficial in intent.