Shloka 52
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
राज्यैश्वर्यमय: पाश: स्नेहायतनबन्धन: । मोक्षाश्मनिशितेनेह च्छिन्नस्त्यागासिना मया
rājyaiśvaryamayaḥ pāśaḥ snehāyatanabandhanaḥ | mokṣāśmani niśiteneha chinnaḥ tyāgāsinā mayā ||
ジャナカは言った。「ここにおいて、解脱という砥石で研ぎ澄ました離欲・捨離の剣をもって、王権と世俗の威勢から成る縄の輪を断ち、さらに愛著に根ざす束縛――妻や子らなどを拠り所として『我がもの』と執する執着の鎖――をも断ち切った。かくして私は、心を統治と『我がもの』へと縛りつける結び目から解き放たれて立っている。」
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Worldly sovereignty and familial possessiveness are portrayed as binding ‘nooses.’ Liberation is achieved by cultivating renunciation and detachment—symbolized as a sword sharpened on the whetstone of moksha—so that one cuts through attachment and ‘mine-ness’ while remaining ethically steady.
King Janaka, speaking in the Shanti Parva’s discourse setting, declares his inner victory: he has severed attachment to royal power and to the emotional bonds that generate possessive clinging (especially toward wife and children). The statement frames his ideal of a ruler who is inwardly free even amid worldly roles.