Shloka 59
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
वर्णप्रवरमुख्यासि ब्राह्मणी क्षत्रियस्त्वहम् । नावयोरेकयोगो<स्ति मा कृथा वर्णसंकरम्
varṇapravaramukhyāsi brāhmaṇī kṣatriyastvaham | nāvayorekayogo 'sti mā kṛthā varṇasaṅkaram ||
ब्राह्मण-वर्ण की श्रेष्ठ और प्रमुख कन्याओं में तुम अग्रणी हो। तुम ब्राह्मणी हो और मैं क्षत्रिय; इसलिए हम दोनों का एकत्र संयोग उचित नहीं। तुम ‘वर्णसंकर’ नामक दोष को उत्पन्न मत करो।
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Janaka emphasizes restraint and adherence to dharma as he understands it: despite admiration, he refuses a cross-varṇa union, warning against the socially and ethically censured consequence termed varṇa-saṅkara.
In a dialogue within Śānti Parva, King Janaka addresses a Brahmin maiden, praising her eminence but declining union with her on the grounds that she is brāhmaṇī while he is kṣatriya, and he cautions her not to cause varṇa-saṅkara.