Shloka 44
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
दोषदर्शी तु गार्हस्थ्ये यो व्रजत्या श्रमान्तरे । उत्सृजन् परिगृह्नंश्व॒ सोडपि सड्भान्न मुच्यते,जो गृहस्थ-आश्रममें दोष देखकर उसका परित्याग करके दूसरे आश्रममें चला जाता है, वह भी कुछ छोड़ता है और कुछ ग्रहण करता है; अतः उसे भी संगदोषसे छुटकारा नहीं मिलता है
doṣadarśī tu gārhasthye yo vrajaty āśramāntare | utsṛjan parigṛhṇaṃś ca so 'pi saṅgān na mucyate ||
Dijo Janaka: «Aun si un hombre, al ver faltas en la vida del cabeza de familia, la abandona y pasa a otra etapa, sigue dejando algo y tomando otra cosa; por eso tampoco queda libre del defecto del apego. La enseñanza es que el mero cambio de condición externa no pone fin por sí solo al aferramiento: se requiere desapego interior.»
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.