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Shloka 13

जनक–सुलभा संवादः

Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment

केवलेन समागम्य विमुक्तो$5त्मानमाप्नुयात्‌ । एतत्‌ तु तत्त्वमित्याहुर्निस्तत््वमजरामरम्‌,केवल (अद्वितीय) ब्रह्मयेमे मिलकर सब प्रकारके बन्धनोंसे मुक्त हुआ अपने परमार्थस्वरूप परमात्माको प्राप्त हो जाता है। इसीको परमार्थतत्त्व कहते हैं। यह सब तत्त्वोंसे अतीत तथा जरा-मरणसे रहित है

kevalena samāgamya vimukto ’tmānam āpnuyāt | etat tu tattvam ity āhur nistattvam ajarāmaram ||

వసిష్ఠుడు పలికెను—కేవలమైన ఆ ఏకత్వంతో ఏకీభవించి, సర్వ బంధనాల నుండి విముక్తుడై మనిషి పరమార్థరూపమైన స్వాత్మను పొందుతాడు. ఇదే పరమ తత్త్వమని వారు చెప్పుదురు—ఇది సమస్త తత్త్వాలకు అతీతమై, జరా-మరణాలకు అతీతమై ఉంటుంది.

केवलेनby/with the sole (one)
केवलेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootकेवल
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
समागम्यhaving met/attained
समागम्य:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-गम्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)
विमुक्तःfreed, liberated
विमुक्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-मुक्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आत्मानम्the Self
आत्मानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
आप्नुयात्would attain
आप्नुयात्:
TypeVerb
Rootआप्
FormPotential/Optative (विधिलिङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
एतत्this
एतत्:
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
तत्त्वम्reality, true principle
तत्त्वम्:
TypeNoun
Rootतत्त्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
आहुःthey say
आहुः:
TypeVerb
Rootअह्
FormPerfect (लिट्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
निस्तत्त्वम्beyond all principles/categories
निस्तत्त्वम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootनिः-तत्त्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अजरामरम्undecaying and deathless
अजरामरम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-जर-अ-मर
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

वसिष्ठ उवाच

V
Vasiṣṭha
Ā
Ātman
K
Kevala (non-dual Brahman)

Educational Q&A

Liberation is described as attaining the Self by union with the One (kevala)—the non-dual Absolute. That ultimate Reality is said to be beyond all tattvas (ontological categories) and therefore beyond change, decay, and death.

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Vasiṣṭha presents a concise metaphysical teaching: the seeker, freed from bondage, realizes the Ātman through communion with the non-dual Brahman, which is characterized as transcendent and immortal.