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Shloka 12

Jarā-Mṛtyu-anatikrama: Janaka–Pañcaśikha-saṃvāda

Aging and Death Cannot Be Overstepped

अनादिनिधनावेतावुभावेवेश्वरो मतौ । तत्त्वसंज्ञावुभावेतौ प्रोच्येत ज्ञानचिन्तकैः,ये दोनों ही अनादि और अनन्त हैं; अतः परस्पर संयुक्त होकर दोनों ही ईश्वर (सर्वसमर्थ) माने गये हैं। सांख्यज्ञानका विचार करनेवाले विद्वान्‌ इन दोनोंको ही “तत्त्व” कहते हैं

anādinidhanāv etāv ubhāv eveśvaro matau | tattvasaṃjñāv ubhāv etau procyete jñānacintakaiḥ ||

వసిష్ఠుడు పలికెను—ఈ రెండూ ఆది లేనివి, అంతం లేనివి అని భావించబడుతున్నాయి. అందుచేత పరస్పరం సంయుక్తమై ఇవే సర్వసమర్థుడైన ఈశ్వరుడని చెప్పబడతాయి. సాంఖ్యజ్ఞానాన్ని విచారించే పండితులు ఈ రెండింటినీ ‘తత్త్వం’ అని పిలుస్తారు.

अनादिbeginningless
अनादि:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअनादि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
निधनौhaving an end / perishable
निधनौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनिधन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
एतौthese two
एतौ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
उभौboth
उभौ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootउभ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
ईश्वरौlords / sovereigns
ईश्वरौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootईश्वर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
मतौconsidered / held to be
मतौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
तत्त्वprinciple / reality
तत्त्व:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतत्त्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Dual
संज्ञौnamed / designated
संज्ञौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसंज्ञा
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
उभौboth
उभौ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootउभ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
एतौthese two
एतौ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
प्रोच्येतshould be called / is said to be
प्रोच्येत:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + वच्
FormOptative, Passive, Third, Singular
ज्ञानby knowers / by those with knowledge
ज्ञान:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञान
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
चिन्तकैःby thinkers / contemplators
चिन्तकैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootचिन्तक
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural

वसिष्ठ उवाच

V
Vasiṣṭha
Ī
Īśvara
S
Sāṅkhya (as a philosophical system)
T
tattva

Educational Q&A

That two fundamental realities are both beginningless and endless, and when understood in their inseparable association they are regarded as sovereign (īśvara); Sāṅkhya-oriented thinkers call both of them ‘tattva’, i.e., ultimate principles of reality.

In the Śānti Parva’s didactic discourse, Vasiṣṭha is instructing the listener in philosophical categories, emphasizing the eternal status of two paired principles and how reflective sages classify them within Sāṅkhya-style analysis.