Shloka 1
Śrī–Indra–Bali Saṃvāda: The Departure and Fourfold Placement of Lakṣmī
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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kena vṛttena vṛttajñaḥ janako mithilādhipaḥ | jagāma mokṣaṃ mokṣajño bhogān utsṛjya mānuṣān ||
យុធិષ્ઠិរ បានសួរ៖ «ឱ ពិតាមហា អ្នកជ្រាបសីលធម៌! ព្រះរាជា ជនក ម្ចាស់មិថិលា—អ្នកដឹងច្បាស់អំពីសុចរិត និងជ្រាបផ្លូវមោក្ស—បានបោះបង់សុខសប្បាយរបស់មនុស្សធម្មតា ហើយដោយអាកប្បកិរិយាបែបណា ទើបទទួលបានមោក្ស?»
युधिषछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is presented as attainable through a specific discipline of conduct (vṛtta) and inner renunciation: even a ruler like Janaka can reach mokṣa by relinquishing attachment to human pleasures while remaining grounded in dharma.
At the opening of this chapter in Śānti Parva’s mokṣa-dharma discussions, Yudhiṣṭhira asks how King Janaka of Mithilā—famed for wisdom—achieved liberation after giving up worldly enjoyments, setting up the ensuing instruction and exempla.