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Shloka 12

जनक–सुलभा संवादः

Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment

निर्गुण: प्रकृतिं वेद गुणयुक्तामचेतनाम्‌ | ततः केवलधर्मासौ भवत्यव्यक्तदर्शनात्‌

nirguṇaḥ prakṛtiṁ veda guṇayuktām acetanām | tataḥ kevaladharmāsau bhavaty avyaktadarśanāt ||

வசிஷ்டர் கூறினார்—குணங்களைத் தாண்டியவன், முக்குணமயமான பிரகிருதியையும் ஜடமும் அசேதனமும் என அறிகிறான். பின்னர் அவ்யக்தத்தின் தரிசனத்தால் அவன் கைவல்ய-தர்மத்தில் நிலைபெறுகிறான்; பிரகிருதியை ஆத்மாவுடன் முற்றிலும் அபின்னமாகக் கண்டு, விடுதலையை அடைகிறான்.

निर्गुणःfree from (the) guṇas
निर्गुणः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनिर्गुण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रकृतिम्Prakṛti, nature
प्रकृतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रकृति
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
वेदknows
वेद:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
गुणयुक्ताम्endowed with guṇas
गुणयुक्ताम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootगुणयुक्त
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
अचेतनाम्insentient, unconscious
अचेतनाम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअचेतन
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
ततःthereupon, then
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
केवलधर्माhaving only (pure) dharma; solely characterized (by the self)
केवलधर्मा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकेवलधर्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
असौhe, that one
असौ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअसौ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भवतिbecomes
भवति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
अव्यक्तदर्शनात्from (the) seeing/realization of the unmanifest
अव्यक्तदर्शनात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootअव्यक्तदर्शन
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular

वसिष्ठ उवाच

वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)
प्रकृति (Prakṛti)
अव्यक्त (Avyakta)

Educational Q&A

Liberation arises when one transcends the guṇas and correctly discerns Prakṛti as insentient; through insight into the Unmanifest, one abides in kaivalya—freedom rooted in non-identification with material nature.

Vasiṣṭha is instructing on a Sāṅkhya-style path to mokṣa: the seeker shifts from identifying with guṇa-bound nature to realizing the unmanifest ground and thereby attains the liberative state called kaivalya.