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Shloka 27

जनक–सुलभा संवादः

Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment

Devanagari script

वह यह जीवात्मा पूर्वोक्त प्रकारसे ही मुक्त हो सकता है, अन्यथा नहीं। यही विद्वानोंका निश्चय है। यह दूसरेसे मिलकर उसीका समानधर्मी हो जाता है ।।

Transliteration

viśuddhadharmā śuddhena buddhena ca sa buddhimān | vimuktadharmā muktena sametya puruṣarṣabha ||

Translation

वसिष्ठ म्हणाले—हे पुरुषर्षभा, हा जीवात्मा पूर्वोक्त प्रकारेच मुक्त होऊ शकतो; अन्यथा नाही—हा विद्वानांचा निश्चय आहे. शुद्ध व जागृत बुद्धी असलेल्या पुरुषाच्या संगतीने त्याचा धर्म विशुद्ध होतो व तो बुद्धिमान होतो; मुक्ताशी संग करून तो विमुक्तधर्मा होतो—अशा रीतीनेच मोक्ष सिद्ध होतो.

Word by Word

विशुद्धधर्माone whose dharma is completely pure

शुद्धेनwith/by the pure (one)

बुद्धेनwith/by the awakened/wise (one)

चand

सःhe

बुद्धिमान्intelligent, wise

विमुक्तधर्माone whose dharma is liberated/free (from bonds)

मुक्तेनwith/by the liberated (one)

समेत्यhaving met, having come together with

पुरुषर्षभO bull among men (best of men)

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vasiṣṭha

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation is achieved only through the previously stated discipline: purification of one’s nature and association with the pure and awakened. By meeting and aligning with the liberated, one becomes similar in disposition and moves toward freedom; this is presented as the firm conclusion of the learned.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha instructs his listener (addressed as ‘puruṣarṣabha’) within the Śānti Parva’s mokṣa-oriented discourse, emphasizing that the jīva’s transformation depends on purity and the company of the wise/liberated, not on any alternative route.