Shloka 15
जनक-राज्ञः मौण्ड्य-परिव्रज्या-विवादः
Janaka’s Renunciation Questioned; Discourse on Dāna and Detachment
नैव ते5स्ति परो लोको नापर: पापकर्मण: । धर्म्यान् दारान् परित्यज्य यस्त्वमिच्छसि जीवितुम्,“आप अपनी धर्मपत्नीका परित्याग करके जो अकेला जीवन बिताना चाहते हैं, इससे आप पापकर्मा बन गये हैं; अतः आपके लिये न यह लोक सुखद होगा, न परलोक
naiva te 'sti paro loko nāparaḥ pāpakarmaṇaḥ | dharmyān dārān parityajya yas tvam icchasi jīvitum ||
Arjuna said: “For one who acts sinfully, neither the next world nor even this world brings true well-being. By abandoning your lawful wife and wishing to live alone, you have taken up a blameworthy course; therefore, neither worldly happiness nor happiness after death will be yours.”
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Personal conduct must align with dharma: abandoning one’s lawful spouse and duties is treated here as adharma, bringing loss of well-being both in this life and in the hereafter.
Arjuna rebukes a person who wishes to live alone after abandoning a righteous wife, warning that such a choice is sinful and will not yield happiness either in the present world or in the next.