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Shloka 40

Jarā-Mṛtyu-anatikrama: Janaka–Pañcaśikha-saṃvāda

Aging and Death Cannot Be Overstepped

एवं परमसम्बोधात्‌ पञज्चविंशो<नुबुद्धवान्‌ । अक्षरत्वं नियच्छेत त्यक्त्वा क्षरमनामयम्‌

evaṁ paramasambodhāt pañcaviṁśo’nubuddhavān | akṣaratvaṁ niyacchet tyaktvā kṣaram anāmayam ||

វសិષ્ઠៈបាននិយាយថា៖ «ដូច្នេះ ដោយការភ្ញាក់ដឹងខ្ពស់បំផុតនៃវិវេក អង្គទីម្ភៃប្រាំ—អាត្មា—បានដឹងច្បាស់អំពីសភាពបរិសុទ្ធរបស់ខ្លួន ដែលលើសពីធាតុម្ភៃបួន។ វាលះបង់សភាពវិនាស និងឈានទៅកាន់សភាពអក្សរ ដែលគ្មានមលិន និងគ្មានរោគ»។

एवम्thus, in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
परम-सम्बोधात्from the highest awakening/true discernment
परम-सम्बोधात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootपरमसम्बोध
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
पञ्चविंशःthe twenty-fifth (principle/self)
पञ्चविंशः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चविंश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अनुबुद्धवान्has understood/realized
अनुबुद्धवान्:
TypeVerb
Rootअनुबुध्
Formक्तवतु (past active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
अक्षरत्वम्imperishability; the state of being imperishable
अक्षरत्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअक्षरत्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
नियच्छेतshould attain/should restrain (bring under control)
नियच्छेत:
TypeVerb
Rootनि-यम्
FormVidhi-linga (optative), present (injunctive sense), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
त्यक्त्वाhaving abandoned
त्यक्त्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootत्यज्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)
क्षरम्perishable (state/thing)
क्षरम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootक्षर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अनामयम्free from disease; untainted
अनामयम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअनामय
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

वसिष्ठ उवाच

V
Vasiṣṭha
Ā
Ātman (Self)
P
pañcaviṁśa tattva (the 25th principle)
C
caturviṁśati tattvāni (the 24 principles)

Educational Q&A

By supreme discernment one realizes the Self as the twenty-fifth principle beyond the twenty-four material constituents; relinquishing identification with the perishable (kṣara), one becomes established in the imperishable, unailing state (akṣara), which is a mokṣa-oriented vision.

Vasiṣṭha is instructing on liberation-oriented knowledge: he summarizes how realization (parama-sambodha) leads the seeker to recognize the Self’s transcendence over the tattvas and to shift from the mutable condition to the imperishable reality.