Shloka 8
Adhyaya 44 — Subahu’s Counsel to the King of Kashi and Alarka’s Renunciation through Yoga
तयोर्मम च विज्ञेयाः पदार्था ये मता नृभिः ।
प्राकाश्यं मनसो नीतास्ते मात्रा नास्य पार्थिव ॥
tayor mama ca vijñeyāḥ padārthā ye matā nṛbhiḥ / prākāśyaṃ manaso nītās te mātrā nāsya pārthiva
“Bất cứ ‘đối tượng/ý nghĩa’ nào mà con người cho là đáng biết, thì chính những điều ấy, tâu Đại vương, mẹ chúng ta đã đem soi sáng trong tâm trí chúng ta.”
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FAQs
Clarity of mind is cultivated; knowledge is not accidental but ‘brought to light’ through deliberate teaching—yet later verses show that knowledge must mature into dispassion to bear fruit.
Didactic/ethical material (nīti, ācāra) rather than pañcalakṣaṇa cosmology; it functions as a psychological groundwork within a narrative frame.
‘Prākāśya’ (illumination) implies the unveiling of inner light; the mother symbolizes the guru-principle that turns latent awareness into explicit cognition.