Shloka 11

जनक–सुलभा संवादः

Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment

Devanagari script

षड्विंशो राजशार्दूल तथा बुद्धत्वमाव्रजेत्‌ ततस्त्यजति सोडव्यक्तं सर्गप्रलयधर्मि वै

Transliteration

ṣaḍviṃśo rājaśārdūla tathā buddhatvam āvrajet | tataḥ tyajati so 'vyaktaṃ sarga-pralaya-dharmi vai | nṛpaśreṣṭha tadā jīvātmā śuddha-brahma-viṣayiṇīṃ nirmalāṃ sarvotkṛṣṭāṃ buddhiṃ prāpya ṣaḍviṃśe tattve parabrahma-sākṣātkāraṃ kṛtvā tadbhāvaṃ gacchati | tasmin sthāne nitya-śuddha-buddha-brahmabhāve pratiṣṭhito bhavati | tataḥ sarga-pralaya-rūpa-dharmavatīṃ avyaktāṃ prakṛtiṃ sarvathā atīto bhavati ||

Translation

婆悉吒说道：“王中之虎啊，当人证得圆满觉醒之境，便舍离那未显者——其性为生起与坏灭。其时，至善之君啊，个体我得无垢至胜之智，唯系于清净之梵，遂证知至上梵为第二十六谛，并与其同一其性。安住于彼，恒处于梵之清净光明之境；由是全然超越那未显的原质（Prakṛti），其法则乃显现与回归（吸收）之轮回。”

Word by Word

• षड्विंशः: the twenty-sixth
• षड्विंशः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षड्विंश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजशार्दूलः: O tiger among kings (best of kings)
• राजशार्दूलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजशार्दूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: thus/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• बुद्धत्वम्: the state of awakening/enlightenment
• बुद्धत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आव्रजेत्: should attain/should reach
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√व्रज्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ततः: then/thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• त्यजति: abandons/gives up
• Type: Verb
• Root: √त्यज्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उद्: up/out (preverb; here as part of sandhi)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्

• अव्यक्तम्: the unmanifest (Prakṛti)
• अव्यक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अव्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्गप्रलयधर्मि: having the nature of creation and dissolution
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्गप्रलयधर्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वै: indeed/verily
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)
• राजशार्दूल / नृपश्रेष्ठ (addressed king)
• जीवात्मा (individual self)
• परब्रह्म (Supreme Brahman)
• अव्यक्त प्रकृति (Unmanifest Prakṛti)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Purified intellect fixed on Brahman culminates in direct realization of the Supreme (described as the 26th tattva), after which one transcends the unmanifest Prakṛti and its cycle of creation and dissolution—i.e., liberation through knowledge.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha instructs a king, describing the inner progression from awakened understanding to Brahman-realization, portraying liberation as a state beyond cosmic manifestation (sarga) and dissolution (pralaya).