Shloka 44
संनिमज्जेज्जगदिदं गम्भीरे कालसागरे | जरामृत्युमहाग्राहे न कश्चिदवबुध्यते,जिसमें जरा और मृत्युरूपी बड़े-बड़े ग्राह पड़े हुए हैं, उस गम्भीर कालसमुद्रमें यह सारा संसार डूब रहा है, किंतु कोई इस बातको समझ नहीं पाता है
sannimajjej jagad idaṃ gambhīre kāla-sāgare | jarā-mṛtyu-mahā-grāhe na kaścid avabudhyate ||
King Janaka said: “This entire world is sinking into the deep ocean of Time, where the great crocodiles of old age and death lie in wait; yet no one truly awakens to this fact.”
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse urges sober awareness of impermanence: all beings are being carried toward decay and death by Time, yet people live as if unaware. Ethical urgency follows—one should pursue dharma and inner awakening rather than complacent attachment.
Janaka speaks in a reflective, instructive mode, using a vivid metaphor: the world is like a person drowning in the ocean of Time, threatened by the ‘crocodiles’ of old age and death. His point is to shake listeners out of heedlessness and toward wisdom.