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Shloka 16

जनक–सुलभा संवादः

Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment

षड्विंशो5हमिति प्राज्ञो गृहमाणो5जरामर: । केवलेन बलेनैव समतां यात्यसंशयम्‌,“मैं पचीस तत्त्वोंसे भिन्न छब्बीसवाँ परमात्मा हूँ। नित्य ज्ञानसम्पन्न और जाननेके योग्य अजर-अमरस्वरूप हूँ,” इस प्रकार विचार करते-करते जीवात्मा केवल विवेक-बलसे ही ब्रह्मभावको प्राप्त हो जाता है, इसमें संशय नहीं है

ṣaḍviṃśo ’ham iti prājño gṛhṇāno ’jarāmaraḥ | kevalena balenaiva samatāṃ yāty asaṃśayam ||

വസിഷ്ഠൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“ഞാൻ ഇരുപത്തിയഞ്ച് തത്ത്വങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് വ്യത്യസ്തനായ ഇരുപത്തിയാറാമൻ; അജര-അമരമായ ആത്മാവ്; നിത്യ ജ്ഞാനസമ്പന്നനും ജ്ഞേയനും”—എന്ന് ഈ വിവേകം ദൃഢമായി ഗ്രഹിക്കുന്ന ജീവൻ, വിവേകബലം മാത്രത്താൽ തന്നെ ബ്രഹ്മഭാവം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു; ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല.

षड्विंशःthe twenty-sixth
षड्विंशः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootषड्विंश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअहम्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus (quoting)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
प्राज्ञःthe wise person
प्राज्ञः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्राज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गृहमाणःconsidering / apprehending / taking (as a notion)
गृहमाणः:
TypeVerb
Rootग्रह्
Formशानच् (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Parasmaipada
अजरामरःundecaying and deathless
अजरामरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअजरामर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
केवलेनby mere / solely by
केवलेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootकेवल
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
बलेनby strength (power)
बलेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबल
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
एवindeed / only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
समताम्equanimity / sameness
समताम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसमता
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
यातिattains / goes to
याति:
TypeVerb
Rootया
FormPresent (Lat), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
असंशयम्without doubt
असंशयम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअसंशय

वसिष्ठ उवाच

वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)
परमात्मा (Paramātman/Brahman)
जीवात्मा (Jīvātman)
पञ्चविंशति तत्त्वानि (the twenty-five tattvas)

Educational Q&A

By firm contemplative discernment—recognizing the Self as the twenty-sixth reality beyond the twenty-five tattvas (body-mind and cosmic principles)—the jīva realizes its identity with Brahman. Liberation is presented as the fruit of viveka (discriminative knowledge) held steadily, not as a product of external force.

Vasiṣṭha instructs through a concise contemplative formula: the seeker repeatedly grasps the insight “I am the immortal Self beyond the tattvas.” This sustained inner conviction culminates in samatā—oneness/equanimity identified here with Brahman-realization.