Shloka 17
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
षड्विंशेन प्रबुद्धेन बुध्यमानो>प्यबुद्धिमान् । एतन्नानात्वमित्युक्त सांख्यश्रुतिनिदर्शनात्
ṣaḍviṁśena prabuddhena budhyamāno 'py abuddhimān | etan nānātvam ity uktaṁ sāṅkhyaśruti-nidarśanāt ||
Wika ni Vasiṣṭha: Bagaman ang pansariling kaluluwa ay nagigising sa ika-dalawampu’t anim na prinsipyo at sa gayon ay nakikilala ang di-malay na kalipunan, nananatili pa rin itong di-marunong—sapagkat kahit nalalaman nito ang larangan ng bagay, hindi nito nakikilala ang Kataas-taasang Sarili. Ang mismong kamangmangang ito ang ipinahahayag na sanhi ng pagkakagapos ng kaluluwa sa anyo ng pagkamarami, gaya ng itinuturo ng Sāṅkhya at pinatutunayan ng tradisyong Upaniṣad.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Knowing the inert or material aggregate is not the same as knowing the Supreme Self. Without realization of the Supreme, the jīva remains in ignorance, and that ignorance generates bondage experienced as multiplicity (nānātva).
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation, Vasiṣṭha explains a philosophical point: the soul may gain a kind of awakening that enables it to cognize the material domain, yet it remains truly unwise if it fails to recognize the Supreme Reality. He supports this by appealing to Sāṅkhya categories and to śruti authority.