Shloka 11

जनक–सुलभा संवादः

Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment

Devanagari script

षड्विंशो राजशार्दूल तथा बुद्धत्वमाव्रजेत्‌ ततस्त्यजति सोडव्यक्तं सर्गप्रलयधर्मि वै

Transliteration

ṣaḍviṃśo rājaśārdūla tathā buddhatvam āvrajet | tataḥ tyajati so 'vyaktaṃ sarga-pralaya-dharmi vai | nṛpaśreṣṭha tadā jīvātmā śuddha-brahma-viṣayiṇīṃ nirmalāṃ sarvotkṛṣṭāṃ buddhiṃ prāpya ṣaḍviṃśe tattve parabrahma-sākṣātkāraṃ kṛtvā tadbhāvaṃ gacchati | tasmin sthāne nitya-śuddha-buddha-brahmabhāve pratiṣṭhito bhavati | tataḥ sarga-pralaya-rūpa-dharmavatīṃ avyaktāṃ prakṛtiṃ sarvathā atīto bhavati ||

Translation

Wika ni Vasiṣṭha: “O tigre sa mga hari, kapag naabot ng tao ang ganap na paggising, iniiwan niya ang Di-nahahayag—na ang likas na gawi ay paglikha at pagkalusaw. Sa sandaling iyon, O pinakamainam na pinuno, ang indibidwal na sarili, matapos magkamit ng talinong walang dungis at sukdulang dakila na nakatuon sa dalisay na Brahman, ay natatanto ang Kataas-taasang Brahman bilang ika-dalawampu’t anim na prinsipyo at nagiging kauri ng mismong kalikasan nito. Nakatatag doon, nananatili siyang laging nakaugat sa dalisay at maningning na kalagayan ng Brahman; at sa gayon ay ganap niyang nalalampasan ang di-nahahayag na Prakṛti, na ang batas ay ang siklo ng pagpapakita at muling paglusaw.”

Word by Word

• षड्विंशः: the twenty-sixth
• षड्विंशः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षड्विंश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजशार्दूलः: O tiger among kings (best of kings)
• राजशार्दूलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजशार्दूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: thus/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• बुद्धत्वम्: the state of awakening/enlightenment
• बुद्धत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आव्रजेत्: should attain/should reach
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√व्रज्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ततः: then/thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• त्यजति: abandons/gives up
• Type: Verb
• Root: √त्यज्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उद्: up/out (preverb; here as part of sandhi)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्

• अव्यक्तम्: the unmanifest (Prakṛti)
• अव्यक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अव्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्गप्रलयधर्मि: having the nature of creation and dissolution
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्गप्रलयधर्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वै: indeed/verily
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)
• राजशार्दूल / नृपश्रेष्ठ (addressed king)
• जीवात्मा (individual self)
• परब्रह्म (Supreme Brahman)
• अव्यक्त प्रकृति (Unmanifest Prakṛti)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Purified intellect fixed on Brahman culminates in direct realization of the Supreme (described as the 26th tattva), after which one transcends the unmanifest Prakṛti and its cycle of creation and dissolution—i.e., liberation through knowledge.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha instructs a king, describing the inner progression from awakened understanding to Brahman-realization, portraying liberation as a state beyond cosmic manifestation (sarga) and dissolution (pralaya).