Shloka 29

जनक-राज्ञः मौण्ड्य-परिव्रज्या-विवादः

Janaka’s Renunciation Questioned; Discourse on Dāna and Detachment

Devanagari script

गृहस्थेभ्योडपि निर्मुक्ता गृहस्थानेव संश्रिता: । प्रभवं च प्रतिष्ठां च दान्ता विन्दन्त आसते

Transliteration

gṛhasthebhyo 'pi nirmuktā gṛhasthān eva saṃśritāḥ | prabhavaṃ ca pratiṣṭhāṃ ca dāntā vindanta āsate ||

Translation

纵然他们已从对居家者的依赖中解脱，却仍以居家之道为所归依。自制之人（dānta）得其应得的资生之源与安稳之立足之地，于是安住于寂然。

Word by Word

• गृहस्थेभ्यः: from householders
• गृहस्थेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• निर्मुक्ताः: freed, released
• निर्मुक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गृहस्थान्: householders
• गृहस्थान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• संश्रिताः: having taken refuge in, dependent on
• संश्रिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संश्रित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रभवम्: origin/source
• प्रभवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रतिष्ठाम्: support/standing/establishment
• प्रतिष्ठाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिष्ठा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• दान्ताः: self-controlled, disciplined
• दान्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दान्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विन्दन्ति: they obtain/find
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (विन्दति)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural

• आसते: they remain/sit
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• gṛhastha (householder order)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical centrality of the householder stage: even those who are personally detached and disciplined may still ‘resort to’ the gṛhastha framework, because it provides a legitimate foundation (prabhava) and stable support (pratiṣṭhā) for sustaining life and dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna speaks about the status of disciplined persons in relation to the āśrama system, emphasizing that self-controlled individuals can remain established by relying on the householder order as a stabilizing base, even while being inwardly free from dependence.