Shloka 60
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
वर्तसे मोक्षधर्मेण त्वं गार्हस्थ्येड5हमाश्रमे । अयं चापि सुकष्टस्ते द्वितीयो55श्रमसंकर:
vartase mokṣa-dharmeṇa tvaṃ gārhasthye ’ham āśrame | ayaṃ cāpi su-kaṣṭas te dvitīyo ’śrama-saṅkaraḥ ||
អ្នកប្រព្រឹត្តតាមធម៌នៃមោក្សៈ ទោះនៅក្នុងអាស្រ័យជីវិតគ្រួសារ។ ប៉ុន្តែរឿងនេះផងដែរ ជាការលំបាកយ៉ាងខ្លាំងសម្រាប់អ្នក—ការរអាក់រអួលទីពីរ គឺការលាយបញ្ចូលនៃអាស្រ័យ (āśrama-saṅkara)។
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation-oriented discipline (mokṣa-dharma) can be pursued even within the householder stage, but it is exceptionally demanding because it risks an ‘āśrama-saṅkara’—a problematic blending of duties and disciplines meant for different life-stages.
King Janaka addresses the interlocutor, acknowledging their commitment to mokṣa-dharma while living as a householder, and points out the difficulty of maintaining clarity and consistency when householder obligations and renunciant ideals become intermingled.