Shloka 44
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
दोषदर्शी तु गार्हस्थ्ये यो व्रजत्या श्रमान्तरे । उत्सृजन् परिगृह्नंश्व॒ सोडपि सड्भान्न मुच्यते
doṣadarśī tu gārhasthye yo vrajaty āśramāntare | utsṛjan parigṛhṇaṃś ca so 'pi saṅgān na mucyate ||
জনক বললেন— যে ব্যক্তি গার্হস্থ্যে দোষ দেখে তা ত্যাগ করে অন্য আশ্রমে যায়, সেও কিছু ত্যাগ করে আবার কিছু গ্রহণ করে; অতএব সেও আসক্তির দোষ থেকে মুক্ত হয় না।
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Renunciation is not accomplished merely by leaving the householder life; as long as one continues to abandon some things and grasp others, attachment persists. Freedom comes from inner non-clinging rather than external relocation.
King Janaka is speaking in a didactic context in the Śānti Parva, critiquing superficial renunciation: a person who condemns gṛhastha and shifts to another āśrama still remains bound by saṅga because the mind continues the pattern of giving up and taking up.