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Shloka 87

नारद–शुक संवादः

Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga

ज्ञानान्मोक्षो जायते राजसिंह नास्त्यज्ञानादेवमाहुनरिन्द्र । तस्माऊउज्ञानं तत्त्वतो<न्वेषितव्यं येनात्मान॑ मोक्षयेज्जन्ममृत्यो:

yājñavalkya uvāca | jñānān mokṣo jāyate rājasimha nāsty ajñānād evam āhur narendra | tasmād u jñānaṃ tattvato'nveṣitavyaṃ yenātmānaṃ mokṣayej janma-mṛtyoḥ ||

یاج्ञولکیہ نے کہا—اے راجسِنگھ! موکش علم سے پیدا ہوتا ہے، جہالت سے نہیں—یہی اہلِ دانش کا اعلان ہے۔ پس لازم ہے کہ حقیقت کے مطابق سچے علم کی جستجو کی جائے، جس کے ذریعے آدمی اپنے آپ کو جنم و مرگ کے بندھن سے آزاد کر سکے۔

ज्ञानात्from knowledge
ज्ञानात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञान
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
मोक्षःliberation
मोक्षः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमोक्ष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जायतेarises/is born
जायते:
TypeVerb
Rootजन्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
राजसिंहO lion among kings
राजसिंह:
TypeNoun
Rootराजसिंह
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अस्तिis/exists
अस्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
अज्ञानात्from ignorance
अज्ञानात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootअज्ञान
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
एवम्thus
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
आहुःthey say
आहुः:
TypeVerb
Rootअह्
FormPerfect, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
नरइन्द्रO lord of men (king)
नरइन्द्र:
TypeNoun
Rootनरेन्द्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
तस्मात्therefore/from that
तस्मात्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular
indeed (emphatic particle)
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
ज्ञानम्knowledge
ज्ञानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञान
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तत्त्वतःin truth/according to reality
तत्त्वतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्त्वतः
अन्वेषितव्यम्is to be sought/investigated
अन्वेषितव्यम्:
TypeVerb
Rootअन्वेष्
FormGerundive (तव्यत्), Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Passive (obligation)
येनby which
येन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
आत्मानम्oneself/the self
आत्मानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
मोक्षयेत्should liberate/release
मोक्षयेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootमुच्
FormOptative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Causative
जन्ममृत्योःof birth and death
जन्ममृत्योः:
TypeNoun
Rootजन्ममृत्यु
FormMasculine, Genitive, Dual

याज़्वल्क्य उवाच

Y
Yājñavalkya
N
Narendra (the king addressed)
M
Mokṣa
J
Jñāna
A
Ajñāna
J
Janma-mṛtyu (birth and death)

Educational Q&A

Liberation (mokṣa) is said to arise from true knowledge (jñāna), not from ignorance (ajñāna). Hence one should earnestly investigate reality (tattvataḥ) so that the self may be freed from the cycle of birth and death.

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, the sage Yājñavalkya addresses a king with an honorific epithet (“lion among kings”), urging him toward philosophical inquiry and self-knowledge as the means to transcend saṃsāra.