Shloka 5
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
बुध्यते यदि वाव्यक्तमेतद् वै पजचविंशकम् । बुध्यमानो भवत्येव सज्भात्मक इति श्रुति: । अनेनाप्रतिबुद्धेति वदन्त्यव्यक्तमच्युतम्
budhyate yadi vāvyaktam etad vai pañcaviṁśakam | budhyamāno bhavaty eva saṅghātmaka iti śrutiḥ | anenāpratibuddheti vadanty avyaktam acyutam |
वसिष्ठ म्हणाले—जर असे मानले की अव्यक्त प्रकृती ‘जाणते’, तर ते जाणणे केवळ पंचविसाव्या तत्त्व—पुरुष—याच्या द्वारे, तिच्याशी संयुक्त झाल्यावरच शक्य आहे. प्रकृतीच्या संगामुळेच जीव ‘संघात्मक’—समूहबंधात गुंतलेला—होतो; असे श्रुती सांगते. आणि ह्याच संगदोषामुळे लोक अव्यक्त, अविकारी आत्म्यालाही ‘अप्रतिबुद्ध’ किंवा ‘मूढ’ म्हणतात, जरी तो अच्युत असतो.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Cognition and agency are wrongly attributed to Prakṛti; in Sāṅkhya terms, ‘knowing’ pertains to Puruṣa (the 25th principle). The jīva appears bound and ‘deluded’ only due to association (saṅga) with Prakṛti and its aggregates; the Self itself remains unchanging.
In Śānti Parva’s philosophical instruction, Vasiṣṭha clarifies a subtle point about consciousness: if the unmanifest Prakṛti is said to ‘know’, that knowing is actually the reflected/associated knowing of Puruṣa. He explains how misidentification through association leads people to label the immutable Self as ignorant.