Shloka 58
प्रवेशस्ते कृत: केन मम राष्ट्रे पुरेडपि वा । कस्य वा संनिकर्षात् त्वं प्रविष्टा हृदयं मम,आपने किस कारणसे मेरे राज्य अथवा नगरमें प्रवेश किया है अथवा किसके संकेतसे आप मेरे हृदयमें घुस आयी हैं?
praveśas te kṛtaḥ kena mama rāṣṭre pure 'pi vā | kasya vā saṃnikarṣāt tvaṃ praviṣṭā hṛdayaṃ mama ||
ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರವೇಶವನ್ನು ಯಾರು ಮಾಡಿಸಿದರು—ನನ್ನ ರಾಜ್ಯದಲ್ಲೋ, ನನ್ನ ನಗರದಲ್ಲೋ? ಅಥವಾ ಯಾರ ಸನ್ನಿಕರ್ಷ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರೇರಣೆಯಿಂದ ನೀನು ನನ್ನ ಹೃದಯದಲ್ಲೇ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸಿದ್ದೀ?
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames an ethical-psychological inquiry: external boundaries (kingdom, city) can be guarded, but the deeper question is how an influence gains entry into one’s inner realm (the heart). It points to vigilance over the mind and the causes—association, suggestion, proximity—by which desires, fears, or attachments take hold.
King Janaka addresses a feminine ‘you’ (often a personified influence such as a mental state or temptation in such dialogues) and interrogates her ‘credentials’: who authorized her entry into his domain, and more pointedly, through whose closeness she has penetrated his heart. The rhetorical escalation from kingdom/city to heart highlights the shift from political sovereignty to inner sovereignty.