Shloka 23

Adhyāya 262: Śabda-brahman, Para-brahman, and the Ethics of Tyāga

Kapila–Syūmaraśmi Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

ज्ञानविज्ञानिनः केचित्‌ परं पार तितीर्षव:

Transliteration

jñāna-vijñāninaḥ kecit paraṃ pāraṃ titīrṣavaḥ bhava-sāgara-pāre uttaraṇe icchāvantaḥ; te jñāna-vijñāna-sampannā mahātmānaḥ puruṣāḥ atyanta-pavitraiḥ puṇyātmabhiḥ sevitaṃ puṇya-dāyakaṃ brahma-lokaṃ prāpnuvanti; tatra gatvā na śocanti, na ca tataḥ adho nipatanti, na ca manasi kasyacit prakārasya vyathām anubhavanti.

Translation

ຈູລາທາຣະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ໃນບັນດາຜູ້ທີ່ພ້ອມດ້ວຍປັນຍາອັນແທ້ ແລະຄວາມຮູ້ທີ່ຮອດຜົນ ມີພຽງບາງຄົນ—ຜູ້ມຸ່ງຈະຂ້າມໄປຝັ່ງໄກ ເຫນືອພົ້ນຈາກມະຫາສະໝຸດແຫ່ງການເກີດມີ—ທີ່ບັນລຸເຖິງໂລກພຣະພຣົມ (Brahmaloka) ອັນບໍລິສຸດຢ່າງຍິ່ງ ເປັນມົງຄຸນດ້ວຍການຮັບໃຊ້ຂອງຜູ້ບໍລິສຸດ ແລະຜູ້ມີບຸນ. ເມື່ອໄປເຖິງແລ້ວ ພວກເຂົາບໍ່ໂສກເສົ້າ ບໍ່ຕົກກັບລົງສູ່ພົບພູມຕ່ໍາ ແລະບໍ່ປະສົບຄວາມທຸກໃນໃຈແຕ່ຢ່າງໃດ.

Word by Word

• ज्ञानविज्ञानिनः: possessed of knowledge and realization
• ज्ञानविज्ञानिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञानविज्ञानिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• केचित्: some (certain persons)
• केचित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क-चित्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परम्: the further/other (shore)
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पारम्: the far shore
• पारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तितीर्षवः: desiring to cross
• तितीर्षवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तितीर्षु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

चुलाधार उवाच

Characters & Entities

• चुलाधार (Chuladhara)
• ब्रह्मलोक (Brahmaloka)
• भवसागर (ocean of saṃsāra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Only a rare few who unite jñāna (right understanding) with vijñāna (realized, lived discernment) and who earnestly seek liberation can cross beyond saṃsāra and attain a state characterized by freedom from grief, inner distress, and spiritual regression.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Chuladhara’s discourse within the Śānti Parva, he describes the destiny of exceptional spiritual aspirants: those intent on transcending worldly becoming reach Brahmaloka, portrayed as a pure and auspicious realm associated with the company/service of the virtuous, where suffering and downfall do not occur.