Shloka 27

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

तेनाहं सांख्यमुख्येन सुदृष्टार्थेन तत्त्वतः । श्रावितस्त्रिविधं मोक्ष न च राज्याद्धि चालित:

Transliteration

tenāhaṃ sāṅkhyamukhyena sudṛṣṭārthena tattvataḥ | śrāvitas trividhaṃ mokṣaṃ na ca rājyād dhi cālitaḥ ||

Translation

ସାଂଖ୍ୟଶାସ୍ତ୍ରର ଏକ ଅଗ୍ରଗଣ୍ୟ ଆଚାର୍ଯ୍ୟ—ଯାହାଙ୍କର ତତ୍ତ୍ୱାର୍ଥଦୃଷ୍ଟି ପ୍ରତ୍ୟକ୍ଷ ପରି ସ୍ପଷ୍ଟ ଥିଲା—ସେ ମୋତେ ଯଥାର୍ଥ ଉପଦେଶ ଦେଲେ। ତାଙ୍କଠାରୁ ମୁଁ ମୋକ୍ଷକୁ ନେଇଯାଉଥିବା ତ୍ରିବିଧ ଧର୍ମ ଶୁଣିଲି; କିନ୍ତୁ ସେ ମୋତେ ରାଜ୍ୟ ତ୍ୟାଗ କରିବାକୁ ଉତ୍ସାହିତ କଲେ ନାହିଁ। ଏହି ଶିକ୍ଷା କହେ—ନିଜ ଯଥୋଚିତ କର୍ତ୍ତବ୍ୟରୁ ପଳାୟନ ନକରି ମଧ୍ୟ ଅନ୍ତର୍ମୁକ୍ତି ଓ ସମ୍ୟକ୍ ଜ୍ଞାନ ସାଧ୍ୟ।

Word by Word

• {'tena': 'by him

• by that (instrumental of tad)', 'aham': 'I', 'sāṅkhya-mukhyena': 'by a foremost authority in Sāṅkhya (analysis/knowledge tradition)', 'su-dṛṣṭa-arthena': 'by one who has well-seen/clearly understood the meaning (artha)', 'tattvataḥ': 'in truth

• essentially', 'śrāvitaḥ': 'caused to hear

• taught (passive of śrāvayati)', 'trividham': 'threefold', 'mokṣam (mokṣa-dharmam implied)': 'liberation

• the path/discipline of release', 'na ca': 'and not', 'rājyāt': 'from the kingdom

• from kingship', 'hi': 'indeed

• for', 'cālitaḥ': 'moved away

Speaker

जनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janaka
• a foremost Sāṅkhya teacher (unnamed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation is compatible with responsible worldly station: a king can pursue mokṣa through true knowledge and inner detachment without necessarily abandoning the kingdom, provided dharma is upheld.

What is happening in the narrative?

King Janaka reports that he received instruction from a leading Sāṅkhya knower, learned the threefold teaching on liberation, and emphasizes that the teacher did not compel him to renounce rulership.