Shloka 43

Jarā-Mṛtyu-anatikrama: Janaka–Pañcaśikha-saṃvāda

Aging and Death Cannot Be Overstepped

Devanagari script

निःसंदिग्धं च सूक्ष्मं च विबुद्धं विमल॑ यथा । प्रवक्ष्यामि तु ते भूयस्तन्निबोध यथाश्रुतम्‌,अब पुनः श्रुतिके अनुसार संदेहरहित, सूक्ष्म तथा अत्यन्त निर्मल विशिष्ट ज्ञानकी बात तुम्हें बता रहा हूँ, सुनो

Transliteration

niḥsaṃdigdhaṃ ca sūkṣmaṃ ca vibuddhaṃ vimalaṃ yathā | pravakṣyāmi tu te bhūyas tannibodha yathāśrutam ||

Translation

ວະສິດຖະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈະອະທິບາຍໃຫ້ທ່ານຟັງອີກຄັ້ງ—ຕາມທີ່ໄດ້ຍິນສືບຕໍ່ມາໃນປະເພນີອັນສັກສິດ—ຄວາມຮູ້ທີ່ປາດຈາກຄວາມສົງໄສ, ລະອຽດລຶກຊຶ້ງ, ຕື່ນຮູ້ຢ່າງເຕັມທີ່, ແລະບໍລິສຸດ. ຈົ່ງຟັງ ແລະເຂົ້າໃຈໃຫ້ດີ».

Word by Word

• {'niḥsaṃdigdham': 'free from doubt

• unambiguous', 'sūkṣmam': 'subtle

• not grasped by the coarse mind', 'vibuddham': 'fully awakened

• enlightened', 'vimalam': 'pure

• untainted', 'yathā': 'as

• in the manner that', 'pravakṣyāmi': 'I will declare

• I will explain', 'tu': 'but

• indeed (emphatic particle)', 'te': 'to you

• for you', 'bhūyas': 'again

• further', 'tad': 'that (teaching/knowledge)', 'nibodha': 'understand

• grasp attentively', 'yathāśrutam': 'as heard

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames the ideal of authoritative spiritual instruction: true knowledge should be doubt-free, subtle, lucidly realized, and pure, and it should be conveyed faithfully “as heard” through the received tradition.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha, as the speaker, signals a renewed explanation. He prepares the listener for a refined doctrinal point, emphasizing careful listening and understanding, and grounding his teaching in what has been transmitted by sacred hearing.