Shloka 64
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
अथवापि स्वतन्त्रासि स्वदोषेणेह कर्हिचित् । यदि किंचिच्छुतं ते5स्ति सर्व कृतमनर्थकम्
athavāpi svatantrāsi svadoṣeṇeha karhicit | yadi kiñcic chrutaṃ te 'sti sarvaṃ kṛtam anarthakam ||
ຊະນະກະກ່າວວ່າ: «ແມ່ນແຕ່ຖ້າເຈົ້າເປັນຜູ້ມີອິດສະລະເລືອກເອງ ຢູ່ບ່ອນນີ້ໃນບາງເວລາ ເຈົ້າກໍໄດ້ເຮັດໃຫ້ຄໍາສອນອັນສັກສິດທີ່ເຈົ້າເຄີຍຟັງ—ແມ່ນແຕ່ນ້ອຍນິດກໍຕາມ—ກາຍເປັນໄຮ້ຜົນ ເພາະຄວາມຜິດຂອງເຈົ້າເອງ. ຄວາມຮູ້ທີ່ບໍ່ໄດ້ນໍາໄປດໍາລົງຊີວິດ ເນື່ອງຈາກຂໍ້ບົກພ່ອງຂອງຕົນ ຍ່ອມກາຍເປັນການສູນເປົ່າ».
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Scriptural hearing (śruti/śāstra-śravaṇa) becomes truly valuable only when it transforms conduct; if one’s own defects (svadoṣa)—such as pride, negligence, or lack of restraint—block practice, then even genuine learning is rendered futile.
King Janaka admonishes the listener, stressing personal accountability: even with freedom of choice, one can nullify the benefit of whatever sacred instruction one has heard by acting under one’s own faults, thereby making that learning ‘anarthaka’ (without fruitful purpose).