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 ||
ຊະນະກະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໃນທີ່ນີ້ ດ້ວຍດາບແຫ່ງການສະຫຼະ—ທີ່ລັບຄົມດ້ວຍຫີນລັບຄົມແຫ່ງໂມກຂະ—ຂ້ອຍໄດ້ຕັດຂາດບ່ວງບາດທີ່ເປັນບ່ວງບາດແຫ່ງລາຊະອໍານາດ ແລະອິດທິພົນໂລກີ ພ້ອມທັງຕັດຂາດພັນທະທີ່ເກີດຈາກຄວາມຮັກໃຄ່—ຄືຄວາມຍຶດຖື ‘ຂອງຂ້ອຍ’ ທີ່ໃຊ້ເມຍ ລູກ ແລະອື່ນໆ ເປັນທີ່ພຶ່ງ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຂ້ອຍຢືນຢູ່ຢ່າງເສລີ ພົ້ນຈາກເຊືອກຜູກມັດທີ່ຜູກໃຈໃຫ້ຕິດກັບການປົກຄອງ ແລະກັບ ‘ຄວາມເປັນຂອງຂ້ອຍ’».
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.