Shloka 28

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

सो<हं तामखिलां वृत्ति त्रिविधां मोक्षसंहिताम्‌ । मुक्तरागश्नराम्येक: पदे परमके स्थित:

Transliteration

so ’haṃ tām akhilāṃ vṛttiṃ trividhāṃ mokṣasaṃhitām | muktarāgaś carāmy ekaḥ pade paramake sthitaḥ ||

Translation

阇那迦说道：“因此，我已全然奉行那圆满的生活之道——其形态为三，且与解脱相应。离于贪著，我独自行于世间（自依自立，不为系缚），安住于至上之境。”

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ताम्: that (her/it)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अखिलाम्: entire, complete
• अखिलाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वृत्तिम्: conduct; mode of life; course
• वृत्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• त्रिविधाम्: threefold
• त्रिविधाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिविध
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• मोक्षसंहिताम्: connected with liberation; pertaining to moksha
• मोक्षसंहिताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोक्षसंहिता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• मुक्तरागः: free from attachment/passion
• मुक्तरागः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्तराग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नरः: man, person
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आमि: indeed, surely (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आम् (particle)

• एकः: alone; one
• एकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पदे: in the state/abode; in the step/place
• पदे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• परमके: supreme
• परमके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• स्थितः: standing; abiding; situated
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

जनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janaka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Janaka presents liberation-oriented living as compatible with worldly movement: one may act and live while remaining free from attachment, firmly established in the highest spiritual state.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s discourse on peace and liberation, King Janaka speaks in the first person, describing his adopted discipline—threefold and moksha-aligned—and his detached, steady abidance in the supreme state.