Shloka 13
Aśmagīta: Janaka’s Inquiry on Loss, Kāla, and the Limits of Control (अश्मगीता)
एवमेतानि दु:ःखानि तानि तानीह मानवम् | विविधान्युपवर्तन्ते तथा संस्पर्शजान्यपि,इस प्रकार मनुष्यको इन्हीं दो कारणोंसे ये भिन्न-भिन्न प्रकारके दु:ख प्राप्त होते हैं। विषयोंकी आसक्तिसे भी ये दु:ख प्राप्त होते हैं
evam etāni duḥkhāni tāni tānīha mānavam | vividhāny upavartante tathā saṃsparśajāny api ||
Demikianlah, di dunia ini, penderitaan-penderitaan itu sendiri datang menimpa manusia berulang kali dalam berbagai rupa; dan penderitaan yang lahir dari sentuhan dengan objek-objek indra pun timbul dengan cara yang sama.
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Suffering repeatedly arises for human beings in varied forms, especially through sensory contact and attachment to objects; recognizing this supports restraint and detachment as ethical disciplines.
King Janaka is instructing about the sources and recurrence of human suffering, emphasizing that pains are not random but arise through identifiable causes such as contact with sense-objects.