Shloka 28
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
सो<हं तामखिलां वृत्ति त्रिविधां मोक्षसंहिताम् । मुक्तरागश्नराम्येक: पदे परमके स्थित:
so ’haṃ tām akhilāṃ vṛttiṃ trividhāṃ mokṣasaṃhitām | muktarāgaś carāmy ekaḥ pade paramake sthitaḥ ||
Janaka berkata: “Demikianlah aku merangkul sepenuhnya tata hidup itu—berwujud tiga macam dan selaras dengan pembebasan. Bebas dari keterikatan, aku menjalani hidup seorang diri (mandiri dan tak terbelenggu), teguh dalam keadaan tertinggi.”
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Janaka presents liberation-oriented living as compatible with worldly movement: one may act and live while remaining free from attachment, firmly established in the highest spiritual state.
In the Shanti Parva’s discourse on peace and liberation, King Janaka speaks in the first person, describing his adopted discipline—threefold and moksha-aligned—and his detached, steady abidance in the supreme state.