Shloka 40
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
प्रहायोभयमप्येव ज्ञानं कर्म च केवलम् | तृतीयेयं समाख्याता निष्ठा तेन महात्मना
prahāyobhayam apy eva jñānaṃ karma ca kevalam | tṛtīyeyaṃ samākhyātā niṣṭhā tena mahātmanā ||
သို့သော် မဟာတ္မာ ပဉ္စသိခ ဆရာတော်သည် «ဉာဏ်သာသက်သက်» နှင့် «ကမ္မသာသက်သက်» ဟူသော နှစ်ဖက်စွန်းနှစ်ခုလုံးကို စွန့်လွှတ်ကာ တတိယ နိဋ္ဌာကို ကြေညာခဲ့၏။
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse rejects exclusivism: neither ‘mere knowledge’ nor ‘mere action’ is presented as sufficient by itself. A ‘third niṣṭhā’ is taught—an alternative discipline that transcends one-sided reliance on either intellectualism or ritualistic/outer activity, pointing toward a more integrated spiritual commitment.
King Janaka is recounting or endorsing a doctrinal point attributed to a great teacher (understood in this context as Pañcaśikha): that after setting aside the two previously stated standpoints—exclusive jñāna and exclusive karma—he proclaimed a third, distinct path of steadfast practice.