तेन त्वया स्फुटं ज्ञातं ज्ञेयं यस्य महात्मनः । भोगेभ्यो विरतिर्जाता दृश्यात् प्राक्सकलादिह ॥ ३७ ॥
tēna tvayā sphuṭaṁ jñātaṁ jñēyaṁ yasya mahātmanaḥ | bhōgēbhyō viratirjātā dṛśyāt prāksakalādiha || 37 ||
Translation
So you have clearly known what is to be known, great soul; for you have turned away from all things seen, and from pleasures, here, before tasting them.
Word by word
- tēna
- so
- tvayā
- you
- sphuṭaṁ
- clearly
- jñātaṁ
- have known
- jñēyaṁ
- what is to be known
- yasya
- for of you
- mahātmanaḥ
- great soul
- bhōgēbhyō
- (bhogebhyaḥ) from pleasures
- viratir
- (viratiḥ) turning away
- jātā
- has arisen
- dṛśyāt
- from things seen
- prāk
- before
- sakalād
- (sakalāt) all
- iha
- here
Meaning
Janaka confirms Śuka's knowledge by its fruit. Śuka's dispassion arose "before" (prāk), before he had tasted the pleasures of the world, in the full inquiry into all that is seen. The commentary: you are a great soul, for at the time of settled knowledge your dispassion towards the whole visible world came even before enjoyment. Dispassion is the test of knowledge. Many know the doctrine and remain attached; the one whose attachment has fallen away without struggle shows that the knowledge is real.