Shloka 52

Aśmagīta: Janaka’s Inquiry on Loss, Kāla, and the Limits of Control (अश्मगीता)

Devanagari script

नायमत्यन्तसंवासो लभ्यते जातु केनचित्‌ । अपि स्वेन शरीरेण किमुतान्येन केनचित्‌,किसी भी पुरुषको कभी किसीके साथ भी सदा एक स्थानमें रहनेका सुयोग नहीं मिलता। जब अपने शरीरके साथ भी बहुत दिनोंतक सम्बन्ध नहीं रहता, तब दूसरे किसीके साथ कैसे रह सकता है?

Transliteration

nāyam atyanta-saṃvāso labhyate jātu kenacit | api svena śarīreṇa kim utānyena kenacit ||

Translation

Janaka said: One never truly obtains perpetual co-residence or unbroken companionship with anyone. If even with one’s own body the association does not endure for long, how could it possibly endure with any other person?

Word by Word

नnot

अयम्this

अत्यन्त-संवासःperpetual co-residence/constant living together

लभ्यतेis obtained/is possible

जातुever/at any time

केनचित्by anyone

अपिeven

स्वेनwith one's own

शरीरेणbody

किम्what? (how then?)

उतthen/indeed (emphatic)

अन्येनwith another

केनचित्by/with anyone (else)

Speaker

जनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Janaka

śarīra (the body)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes