Shloka 8
Aśmagīta: Janaka’s Inquiry on Loss, Kāla, and the Limits of Control (अश्मगीता)
सम्प्रसक्तमना भोगान् विसृज्य पितृसंचितान् । परिक्षीण: परस्वानामादानं साधु मन्यते,फिर वह मनुष्य भोगोंमें आसक्तचित्त होकर क्रमश: बाप-दादोंकी रखी हुई कमाईको उड़ाकर कंगाल हो जाता है और दूसरोंके धनको हड़प लेना अच्छा मानने लगता है
samprasaktamanā bhogān visṛjya pitṛsañcitān | parikṣīṇaḥ parasvānām ādānaṃ sādhu manyate ||
ジャナカは言った。「人の心が享楽に絡め取られると、祖先の蓄えた財を次第に蕩尽する。やがて窮乏し破滅に至れば、他人の財を奪うことさえ是と見なすようになる。かくして欲望は、浪費から露わな非道へと彼を導く。」
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attachment to sense-pleasures erodes restraint: first one wastes rightful resources, then—when impoverished—one rationalizes taking what belongs to others. The verse warns that unchecked desire can normalize adharma.
In Janaka’s discourse in the Śānti Parva, he describes a moral decline: a pleasure-addicted person dissipates inherited wealth and, once ruined, starts considering the appropriation of others’ wealth as ‘good’ or justified.