Shloka 4
जनक–सुलभा संवादः
Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment
न त्वेव बुध्यतेडव्यक्तं सगुणं तात निर्गुणम् कदाचित् त्वेव खल्वेतदाहुरप्रतिबुद्धकम्
na tveva budhyate 'vyaktaṃ saguṇaṃ tāta nirguṇam kadācit | tveva khalv etad āhur apratibuddhakaṃ, tāta ||
وسِشٹھ نے کہا—اے عزیز! پرکرتی اس برتر حقیقت کو—خواہ اسے اَویَکت کہا جائے، سَگُن کہا جائے یا نِرگُن—کبھی بھی حقیقتاً نہیں سمجھتی۔ اسی لیے سانکھیہ کے جاننے والے اسے ‘اَپرتِبُدھ’ (بے شعور/غیر بیدار) کہتے ہیں۔
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Prakṛti (material nature) is insentient and cannot ‘know’ the Supreme Reality; hence Sāṅkhya thinkers call Prakṛti ‘apratibuddha’—without awakening or consciousness—while true knowing belongs to the conscious principle (Self/Brahman).
In a didactic dialogue, Vasiṣṭha instructs a younger interlocutor, clarifying a Sāṅkhya-style distinction between insentient Prakṛti and the Supreme/Ātman, emphasizing that ultimate reality is not an object grasped by material nature.