Shloka 39

Jarā-Mṛtyu-anatikrama: Janaka–Pañcaśikha-saṃvāda

Aging and Death Cannot Be Overstepped

Devanagari script

अनेन साम्यं यास्यामि नानयाहमचेतया । क्षेमं मम सहानेन नैकत्वमनया सह,“उन परमात्माकी ही समानता प्राप्त करूँगा। इस जड प्रकृतिकी समानता नहीं धारण करूँगा। परमात्माके साथ संयोग करनेमें ही मेरा कल्याण है। इस प्रकृतिके साथ नहीं

Transliteration

anena sāmyam yāsyāmi nānayāham acetayā | kṣemaṃ mama sahānena naikatyam anayā saha ||

Translation

Vasiṣṭha berkata: “Bersama Dia aku akan mencapai keserupaan yang sejati; bukan bersama alam yang tidak berkesedaran ini. Kesejahteraanku terletak pada penyatuan dengan Diri Tertinggi, bukan pada menjadi satu dengan prinsip kebendaan ini.”

Word by Word

अनेनwith this (one)

साम्यम्equality, sameness

यास्यामिI shall go/attain

नnot

अनयाwith this (f.)

अहम्I

अचेतयाwith the insentient (one)

क्षेमम्welfare, well-being

ममof me, my

सहtogether with

अनेनwith this (one)

नnot

एकत्वम्oneness, unity

अनयाwith this (f.)

सहtogether with

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)

प

परमात्मा (Paramātman, implied by context)

प

प्रकृति (Prakṛti, implied by context)

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?

The verse teaches viveka: seek likeness/union with the Supreme Self (Paramātman), not identification with insentient prakṛti. True kṣema (welfare) lies in spiritual union rather than material self-identification.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha is articulating a renunciant insight within Śānti Parva’s mokṣa-oriented discourse: he rejects merging his identity with inert nature and declares his aim to attain the state of the Supreme.