Shloka 25
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
पराशरगोत्री संन्यास-धर्मावलम्बी वृद्ध महात्मा पंचशिख मेरे गुरु हैं। मैं उनका परम प्रिय शिष्य हूँ ।। सांख्यज्ञाने च योगे च महीपालविधौ तथा । त्रिविधे मोक्षधर्मेडस्मिन् गताध्वा छिन्नसंशय:
sāṅkhyajñāne ca yoge ca mahīpālavidhau tathā | trividhe mokṣadharme 'smin gatādhvā chinnasaṁśayaḥ ||
Janaka berkata: “Pañcaśikha, mahātmā yang lanjut usia, daripada gotra Parāśara dan berpegang pada dharma saṃnyāsa, ialah guruku; aku ialah murid yang paling dikasihinya. Dalam pengetahuan Sāṅkhya dan dalam Yoga, dan juga dalam tata laku pemerintahan raja, guruku telah menempuh jalan itu sepenuhnya. Dalam ajaran pembebasan yang tiga serangkai ini, beliau telah sampai ke seberang, dengan segala keraguan diputuskan.”
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation-oriented wisdom is presented as a threefold mastery: Sāṅkhya (right knowledge and discrimination), Yoga (inner discipline and practice), and rājadharma (ethical governance). A true teacher is one who has integrated these and become free of doubt.
Janaka is describing the spiritual authority of his teacher, praising him as accomplished in philosophical insight, yogic discipline, and the duties of rulership, thereby establishing the teacher’s credibility in matters of mokṣadharma.