Shloka 47

जनक–सुलभा संवादः

Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment

Devanagari script

येन क्षराक्षरे वित्ते भयं तस्य न विद्यते । विद्यते तु भयं तस्य यो नैतदू वेत्ति पार्थिव,पृथ्वीनाथ! जिसने क्षर और अक्षरके तत्त्वको जान लिया है, उसमें किसी प्रकारका भी भय नहीं होता। जो इसे नहीं जानता, उसीमें भय रहता है

Transliteration

yena kṣarākṣare vitte bhayaṁ tasya na vidyate | vidyate tu bhayaṁ tasya yo naitad veti pārthiva pṛthvīnātha ||

Translation

Bhīṣma disse: “Para aquele que compreendeu de fato o perecível e o imperecível, o medo não existe. Mas o medo permanece naquele que não sabe isto—ó rei, senhor da terra.”

Word by Word

येनby whom/whereby

क्षरin the perishable (principle)

अक्षरेin the imperishable (principle)

वित्तेhas known

भयम्fear

तस्यof him

नnot

विद्यतेexists/is found

तुbut/indeed

भयम्fear

तस्यof him

यःwho

नnot

एतत्this (truth/principle)

वेत्तिknows

पार्थिवO king

पृथ्वी-नाथO lord of the earth

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Parthiva (the king)

Prithvinatha (lord of the earth)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes