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Shloka 18

जनक–सुलभा संवादः

Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment

चेतनेन समेतस्य पञ्चविंशतिकस्य ह । एकत्वं वै भवत्यस्य यदा बुद्धा न बुध्यते

cetanena sametasya pañcaviṁśatikasya ha | ekatvaṁ vai bhavaty asya yadā buddhā na budhyate ||

Vasiṣṭha nói: Khi ngã cá thể—được kể trong hai mươi lăm nguyên lý và kết hợp với ý thức thuần tịnh—không còn “biết” qua trí năng, nghĩa là thôi không chiếm hữu khối vô tri như “ta” hay “của ta”, thì sự nhất thể của nó với Thực tại Tối thượng, hằng hữu và hằng tri, được chứng ngộ.

चेतनेनwith/by the conscious (principle)
चेतनेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootचेतन
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
समेतस्यof (that which is) united/associated
समेतस्य:
Sambandha
TypeAdjective
Rootसमेत
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
पञ्चविंशतिकस्यof the twenty-fifth (principle/entity)
पञ्चविंशतिकस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चविंशति
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
indeed
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एकत्वम्oneness/identity
एकत्वम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootएकत्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
वैcertainly
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
भवतिbecomes/is
भवति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormPresent, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada, Indicative
अस्यof this/of him
अस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
यदाwhen
यदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा
बुद्धाthe intellect (buddhi)
बुद्धा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबुद्ध
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
बुध्यतेunderstands/realizes (is aware)
बुध्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootबुध्
FormPresent, 3, Singular, Atmanepada, Indicative

वसिष्ठ उवाच

V
Vasiṣṭha
B
buddhi (intellect)
C
cetanā (consciousness)
P
pañcaviṁśati-tattva framework (twenty-five principles)

Educational Q&A

Liberation arises when the self stops identifying with the inert psycho-physical aggregate through buddhi; with the collapse of ‘I/mine’ appropriation, the self’s unity with the ever-conscious Supreme is realized.

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation, Vasiṣṭha explains a Sāṅkhya-leaning analysis: the self (counted among the tattvas) is associated with consciousness, and when intellect ceases to project identification, the realization of oneness with the Supreme follows.