Shloka 11
Aśmagīta: Janaka’s Inquiry on Loss, Kāla, and the Limits of Control (अश्मगीता)
तेषां परमदु:खानां बुद्धा भैषज्यमाचरेत् । सर्वप्राणभृतां वृत्तं प्रेक्षमाणस्ततस्तत:
teṣāṃ paramaduḥkhānāṃ buddhā bhaiṣajyam ācaret | sarvaprāṇabhṛtāṃ vṛttaṃ prekṣamāṇas tatas tataḥ ||
त्या परम दुःखांचे निवारण करण्यासाठी ज्ञानी पुरुषाने विवेकालाच औषध मानून उपाय करावा. सर्व प्राण्यांचे आचरण ठिकठिकाणी पाहून, त्यांच्या दुःखद वर्तनामुळे त्यांना काय भोगावे लागते हे जाणून, मनुष्याने विचाराने स्वतःला कुमार्गाकडे जाण्यापासून आवरावे।
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Discernment (buddhi) is presented as a therapeutic remedy: by carefully observing how harmful conduct leads to suffering for living beings, one should restrain oneself from wrong courses and thereby prevent great misery.
In the Shanti Parva’s instructional setting, King Janaka speaks as a moral teacher, advising a reflective practice: look at real-life examples of suffering caused by misguided behavior and use that insight to correct one’s own path.