Shloka 45

Jarā-Mṛtyu-anatikrama: Janaka–Pañcaśikha-saṃvāda

Aging and Death Cannot Be Overstepped

Devanagari script

प्रबोधनकरं ज्ञानं सांख्यानामवनीपते । विस्पष्टं प्रोच्यते तत्र शिष्याणां हितकाम्यया,पृथ्वीनाथ! मैंने शिष्योंके हितकी कामनासे उनके लिये ज्ञानजनक जो सांख्यदर्शन है, उसका तुम्हारे निकट स्पष्टरूपसे वर्णन किया है

Transliteration

prabodhanakaraṁ jñānaṁ sāṅkhyānām avanīpate | vispaṣṭaṁ procyate tatra śiṣyāṇāṁ hitakāmyayā ||

Translation

హే భూపతీ! శిష్యుల హితాన్ని కోరుతూ, సాంఖ్యానికి చెందిన ప్రబోధకరమైన జ్ఞానాన్ని నేను నీ సమక్షంలో స్పష్టంగా వివరించాను।

Word by Word

प्रबोधनकरम्awakening-producing, enlightening

ज्ञानम्knowledge

सांख्यानाम्of the Sāṅkhyas / of Sāṅkhya (followers/doctrine)

अवनीपतेO lord of the earth (king)

विस्पष्टम्clearly, distinctly

प्रोच्यतेis taught / is explained

तत्रthere / in that context

शिष्याणाम्of the disciples

हितकाम्ययाwith the desire for their welfare

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vasiṣṭha

Avanīpati (the king addressed)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That true knowledge (jñāna), especially the discerning insight associated with Sāṅkhya, is meant to awaken understanding and is taught with clarity for the welfare of students—highlighting the ethical duty of instruction and the beneficent purpose of philosophy.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha addresses a king (‘lord of the earth’) and states that he has already explained, in a clear manner, the awakening Sāṅkhya-based knowledge, motivated by concern for the well-being of his disciples.