जनक उवाच । नाऽतः परतरः कश्चिन्निश्चयोऽस्त्यपरो मुने । स्वयमेव त्वया ज्ञातं गुरुतश्च पुनः श्रुतम् ॥ ३५ ॥
janaka uvāca | nā’taḥ parataraḥ kaścinniścayō’styaparō munē | svayamēva tvayā jñātaṁ gurutaśca punaḥ śrutam || 35 ||
Translation
Janaka said: There is no conviction beyond this, sage, no other. You have known it yourself, and heard it again from your teacher.
Word by word
- janaka
- Janaka
- uvāca
- said
- na
- no
- ataḥ
- beyond this
- parataraḥ
- higher
- kaścin
- (kaścit) any
- niścayō
- (niścayaḥ) conviction
- asty
- (asti) there is
- aparō
- (aparaḥ) other
- munē
- sage
- svayam
- yourself
- ēva
- indeed
- tvayā
- by you
- jñātaṁ
- known
- gurutaś
- (gurutaḥ) from your teacher
- ca
- and
- punaḥ
- again
- śrutam
- heard
Meaning
Janaka's answer is plain: there is nothing higher (na ataḥ parataraḥ) and nothing else (aparaḥ) to be settled. What Śuka has found and what he heard from his father is the whole of it. The answer does not add anything; it removes the expectation that there is something to add. For a mind that keeps looking for the next thing, the most helpful word is that there is no next thing.