अनुशिष्टः स इत्येवं जनकेन महात्मना । अतिष्ठत्स शुकस्तूष्णीं स्वच्छे परमवस्तुनि ॥ ४२ ॥
anuśiṣṭaḥ sa ityēvaṁ janakēna mahātmanā | atiṣṭhatsa śukastūṣṇīṁ svacchē paramavastuni || 42 ||
Translation
Taught thus by the great-souled Janaka, Śuka remained silent in the pure, highest reality.
Word by word
- anuśiṣṭaḥ
- taught
- sa
- he
- ity
- (iti) thus
- ēvaṁ
- so
- janakēna
- by Janaka
- mahātmanā
- the great-souled
- atiṣṭhat
- remained
- śukas
- (śukaḥ) Śuka
- tūṣṇīṁ
- silent
- svacchē
- in the pure
- parama
- highest
- vastuni
- reality
Meaning
Śuka does not answer, argue or ask again. He falls silent (tūṣṇīm) and remains in the highest reality, which is pure (svaccha). The commentary: taught that he is the all-pervading Self, pure consciousness, without a second, he rested in it with his mind collected, free from the stain of the seen. The silence is the sign that the search is over. The question that had stayed with him on Meru and in his father's company has simply gone.