Shloka 22
Nārada’s Darśana of Viśvarūpa Nārāyaṇa and the Caturmūrti Doctrine (नारदस्य नारायणदर्शनं चतुर्मूर्तिविचारश्च)
जनक उवाच न विना ज्ञानविज्ञाने मोक्षस्याधिगमो भवेत् | न विना गुरुसम्बन्ध॑ ज्ञानस्याधिगम: स्मृत:
janaka uvāca | na vinā jñāna-vijñāne mokṣasyādhigamo bhavet | na vinā guru-sambandhaṁ jñānasyādhigamaḥ smṛtaḥ |
जनक उवाच—न विना ज्ञानविज्ञाने मोक्षस्याधिगमो भवेत्। न विना गुरुसम्बन्धं ज्ञानस्याधिगमः स्मृतः॥
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation requires both jñāna (right understanding) and vijñāna (realized, discriminative insight), and such knowledge is traditionally said to arise through a genuine relationship with a competent guru rather than through isolated study alone.
In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, Janaka speaks as a teacher-king in a discourse on liberation, emphasizing the necessity of realized knowledge and the indispensable role of the guru–disciple connection in attaining it.