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Shloka 12

जनक–सुलभा संवादः

Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment

निर्गुण: प्रकृतिं वेद गुणयुक्तामचेतनाम्‌ | ततः केवलधर्मासौ भवत्यव्यक्तदर्शनात्‌

nirguṇaḥ prakṛtiṁ veda guṇayuktām acetanām | tataḥ kevaladharmāsau bhavaty avyaktadarśanāt ||

Vasiṣṭha nói: Người đã vượt qua các guṇa thì nhận biết Prakṛti—dẫu được cấu thành bởi các guṇa—vốn là vô tri. Rồi nhờ cái thấy về Vô Hiển (Unmanifest), người ấy an trụ trong pháp của sự đơn nhất (kaivalya): thấy Prakṛti hoàn toàn không khác với Tự Ngã, liền chứng đạt giải thoát.

निर्गुणःfree from (the) guṇas
निर्गुणः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनिर्गुण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रकृतिम्Prakṛti, nature
प्रकृतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रकृति
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
वेदknows
वेद:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
गुणयुक्ताम्endowed with guṇas
गुणयुक्ताम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootगुणयुक्त
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
अचेतनाम्insentient, unconscious
अचेतनाम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअचेतन
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
ततःthereupon, then
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
केवलधर्माhaving only (pure) dharma; solely characterized (by the self)
केवलधर्मा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकेवलधर्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
असौhe, that one
असौ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअसौ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भवतिbecomes
भवति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
अव्यक्तदर्शनात्from (the) seeing/realization of the unmanifest
अव्यक्तदर्शनात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootअव्यक्तदर्शन
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular

वसिष्ठ उवाच

वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)
प्रकृति (Prakṛti)
अव्यक्त (Avyakta)

Educational Q&A

Liberation arises when one transcends the guṇas and correctly discerns Prakṛti as insentient; through insight into the Unmanifest, one abides in kaivalya—freedom rooted in non-identification with material nature.

Vasiṣṭha is instructing on a Sāṅkhya-style path to mokṣa: the seeker shifts from identifying with guṇa-bound nature to realizing the unmanifest ground and thereby attains the liberative state called kaivalya.