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Shloka 15

जनक–सुलभा संवादः

Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment

सबको मान देनेवाले नरेश! जीवात्मा तत्त्वोंका आश्रय लेनेसे ही तत्त्व-सदृश प्रतीत होता है। वास्तवमें वह तत्त्वोंका द्रष्टामात्र होनेके कारण तत्त्व नहीं है--तत्त्वोंसे सर्वथा भिन्न ही है। इस प्रकार मनीषी पुरुष (प्रकृतिके चौबीस तत्त्वोंके साथ) जीवात्माको भी एक तत्त्व मानकर कुल पचीस तत्त्वोंका प्रतिपादन करते हैं ।। न चैष तत्त्ववांस्तात निस्तत्त्वस्त्वेष बुद्धिमान्‌ एष मुज्चति तच््व॑ हि क्षिप्रं बुद्धस्य लक्षणम्‌

na caiṣa tattvavāṁs tāta nistattvas tveṣa buddhimān | eṣa muñcati tattvaṁ hi kṣipraṁ buddhasya lakṣaṇam ||

婆悉吒说道:“亲爱的,此我并非真正由物质诸原理所构成,也并非无原理的虚无。由于具足明智,它迅速舍离物质成分——这般迅疾地弃舍诸 tattva,正是觉醒者的标志。知识生起时,自我被认知为与自然相别的见证者,而常净、常觉的梵(Brahman)之相亦随之显现。”

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एषःthis (one)
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तत्त्ववान्possessed of tattvas / constituted of principles
तत्त्ववान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootतत्त्ववत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तातdear one / son
तात:
TypeNoun
Rootतात
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
निःतत्त्वःdevoid of tattva / without principles
निःतत्त्वः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनिःतत्त्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
एषःthis (one)
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
बुद्धिमान्intelligent / wise
बुद्धिमान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootबुद्धिमत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एषःthis (one)
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मुच्यतिis released / becomes free
मुच्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootमुच्
FormPresent, Atmanepada, Third, Singular
तत्त्वात्from the tattva(s) / from principles
तत्त्वात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootतत्त्व
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
हिindeed / for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
क्षिप्रम्quickly
क्षिप्रम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्षिप्र
बुद्धस्यof the enlightened/wise one
बुद्धस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootबुद्ध
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
लक्षणम्mark / characteristic
लक्षणम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootलक्षण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तातdear one / son
तात:
TypeNoun
Rootतात
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

वसिष्ठ उवाच

वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)
जीवात्मा (jīvātman)
तत्त्व (tattva)
बुद्ध (buddha, ‘the awakened one’)

Educational Q&A

The jīvātman is ultimately distinct from the material tattvas (prakṛti’s constituents). Though it may appear ‘tattva-like’ by association, its true nature is the witnessing consciousness; awakening is marked by quickly relinquishing identification with the tattvas.

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation and metaphysics, Vasiṣṭha addresses the listener affectionately (‘tāta’) and clarifies the status of the self in relation to the tattvas, describing the awakened person as one who swiftly abandons material identification.