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Shloka 16

जनक–ब्राह्मणसंवादः

Viṣaya, Mamatva, and Self-Mastery

कस्येदमिति कस्य स्वमिति वेदवचस्तथा । नाध्यगच्छमहं बुद्ध्या ममेदमिति यद्‌ भवेत्‌

kasyedam iti kasya svam iti vedavacas tathā | nādhyagaccham ahaṁ buddhyā mamedam iti yad bhavet ||

ଜନକ କହିଲେ—ବେଦବାଣୀ ମଧ୍ୟ ପଚାରେ—‘ଏହା କାହାର? ଏହା କାହାର ଧନ?’—ଅର୍ଥାତ୍ ସତ୍ୟରେ କାହାର ନୁହେଁ। ତେଣୁ ମୁଁ ନିଜ ବୁଦ୍ଧିରେ ବିଚାର କଲେ, କୌଣସି ବସ୍ତୁକୁ ଯଥାର୍ଥରେ ‘ମୋର’ ବୋଲି ନିଶ୍ଚିତ କରିପାରୁନି।

कस्यof whom/whose
कस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootकिम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus/quoting
इति:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
कस्यof whom/whose
कस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootकिम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
स्वम्property/one's own
स्वम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus/quoting
इति:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
वेदthe Veda
वेद:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवेद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वचःstatement/utterance
वचः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवचस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तथाso/likewise
तथा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
not
:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अध्यगच्छम्I understood/found
अध्यगच्छम्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअधि-गम्
FormImperfect (Lan), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअहम्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
बुद्ध्याby (my) intellect
बुद्ध्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबुद्धि
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
ममmy/of me
मम:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus (as 'mine')
इति:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
यत्which/that (thing)
यत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
भवेत्might be/would be
भवेत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

जनक उवाच

J
Janaka
V
Veda

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches non-attachment by challenging the notion of personal ownership: even the Veda frames possessions as ultimately belonging to no one, so the wise refrain from the rigid claim ‘this is mine.’

King Janaka is speaking in a didactic context, citing a Vedic formulation to support his reflective conclusion that, upon careful discernment, nothing can be securely established as one’s personal possession.