Shloka 46

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

अथ सत्याधिपत्ये5पि ज्ञानेनैवेह केवलम्‌ । मुच्यन्ते सर्वपापेभ्यो देहे परमके स्थिता:

Transliteration

atha satyādhipatye 'pi jñānenaiva iha kevalam | mucyante sarvapāpebhyo dehe paramake sthitāḥ ||

Translation

ชนกตรัสว่า แม้จะครองอำนาจที่ตั้งอยู่บนสัจจะก็ตาม ที่นี่สรรพสัตว์—แม้ดำรงอยู่ในกายมนุษย์อันประเสริฐ—ย่อมพ้นจากบาปทั้งปวงได้ด้วย ‘ญาณ’ เพียงอย่างเดียว

Word by Word

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• सत्याधिपत्ये: in true sovereignty/true lordship
• सत्याधिपत्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्याधिपत्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• ज्ञानेन: by knowledge
• ज्ञानेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• एव: only/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• केवलम्: solely/merely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: केवल

• मुच्यन्ते: are released/are freed
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Lat, Atmanepada, Third, Plural, Passive (karmani)

• सर्वपापेभ्यः: from all sins
• सर्वपापेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वपाप
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Plural

• देहे: in the body
• देहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• परमके: in the highest/supreme (body/state)
• परमके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• स्थिताः: standing/abiding (those who are situated)
• स्थिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: क्त, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

जनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janaka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation from moral bondage is attained primarily through jñāna (spiritual knowledge/realization). Even truthful sovereignty and righteous authority are insufficient without inner knowledge; wisdom alone is presented as the decisive liberating force.

What is happening in the narrative?

King Janaka is speaking in a didactic context within Śānti Parva, drawing a distinction between external status (rulership, authority, even when rooted in truth) and the inner means of freedom, asserting that embodied humans are released from sin through knowledge.