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Shloka 30

Aśmagīta: Janaka’s Inquiry on Loss, Kāla, and the Limits of Control (अश्मगीता)

अहमेतत्‌ करोमीति मन्यते कालनोदित: । यद्‌ यदिष्टमसंतोषाद्‌ दुरात्मा पापमाचरेत्‌,दुरात्मा मनुष्य कालसे प्रेरित होकर यह अभिमान करने लगता है कि मैं यह करूँगा। तत्पश्चात्‌ असंतोषवश उसे जो-जो अभीष्ट होता है, उस पापपूर्ण कृत्यको भी वह करने लगता है

aham etat karomīti manyate kāla-noditaḥ | yad yad iṣṭam asaṃtoṣād durātmā pāpam ācaret |

ജനകൻ പറഞ്ഞു—കാലത്തിന്റെ പ്രേരണയാൽ മനുഷ്യൻ ‘ഇത് ഞാൻ ചെയ്യുന്നു’ എന്നു കരുതുന്നു. പിന്നെ അസന്തോഷത്തിന്റെ വശമായി, തനിക്കിഷ്ടമായതു എന്തൊക്കെയോ നേടാൻ ദുഷ്ടമനസ്സ് പാപകർമ്മം പോലും ചെയ്യാൻ തുടങ്ങുന്നു.

अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअहम्
Formcommon, nominative, singular
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
करोमि(I) do
करोमि:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formpresent, first, singular, parasmaipada
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
मन्यतेthinks, imagines
मन्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootमन्
Formpresent, third, singular, ātmanepada
काल-नोदितःimpelled by Time
काल-नोदितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकालनोदित
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
यत्whatever (which)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
यत्whatever
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
इष्टम्desired
इष्टम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootइष्ट
Formneuter, accusative, singular
असंतोषात्from discontent
असंतोषात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootअसंतोष
Formmasculine, ablative, singular
दुरात्माthe wicked person
दुरात्मा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदुरात्मन्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
पापम्sin, evil
पापम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपाप
Formneuter, accusative, singular
आचरेत्would practice/commit
आचरेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-चर्
Formoptative (vidhiliṅ), third, singular, parasmaipada

जनक उवाच

J
Janaka
K
Kāla (Time)

Educational Q&A

The verse warns that when a person, pushed by the force of Time, falls into the ego of doership (“I am the agent”), dissatisfaction fuels desire, and desire can drive one to commit even sinful acts. Ethical life therefore requires vigilance over ego, contentment, and restraint.

In the Śānti Parva’s reflective discourse, King Janaka speaks about inner causality: how Time’s impulse, combined with the delusion of personal agency, leads a morally weakened person to chase desired ends and thereby perform wrongful deeds.