Shloka 45
Aśmagīta: Janaka’s Inquiry on Loss, Kāla, and the Limits of Control (अश्मगीता)
आयुर्वेदमधीयाना: केवलं सपरिग्रहा: | दृश्यन्ते बहवो वैद्या व्याधिभि: समभिप्लुता:
āyurvedam adhīyānāḥ kevalaṁ saparigrahāḥ | dṛśyante bahavo vaidyā vyādhibhiḥ samabhiplutāḥ ||
Janaka dijo: “Se ven muchos médicos que han estudiado el Ayurveda, pero no son sino codiciosos y posesivos; y ellos mismos se ven abrumados por las enfermedades.”
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Janaka highlights that mere learning—even of a practical and revered discipline like Ayurveda—does not guarantee well-being or wisdom if one remains driven by attachment and acquisition; inner discipline and freedom from grasping are implied as essential for true benefit.
In Shanti Parva’s reflective discourse, Janaka speaks as a moral teacher, using the example of physicians who know medical science yet still suffer disease, to critique knowledge without ethical restraint and to underscore the need for detachment and right conduct.