Shloka 56
Aśmagīta: Janaka’s Inquiry on Loss, Kāla, and the Limits of Control (अश्मगीता)
स यज्ञशील: प्रजने निविष्ट: प्राग् ब्रह्मचारी प्रविविक्तचक्षु: । आराधयेत् स्वर्गमिमं च लोक॑ परं च मुक्त्वा हृदयव्यलीकम्
sa yajñaśīlaḥ prajane niviṣṭaḥ prāg brahmacārī pravivikta-cakṣuḥ | ārādhayet svargam imaṃ ca lokaṃ paraṃ ca muktvā hṛdaya-vyalīkam ||
जनक म्हणाला—मनुष्याने प्रथम ब्रह्मचारी म्हणून इंद्रिये पवित्र व संयत ठेवावीत; मग संततीच्या हेतुने गृहस्थजीवनात स्थिर होऊन यज्ञपरायण व्हावे. हृदयातील वक्रता—शोक, अस्वस्थता व अंतःकपट—त्यागून, इहलोक व स्वर्गलोकातील सुखांची अपेक्षा सोडून, परमात्म्याची आराधना करीत राहावे.
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Janaka teaches a disciplined life-order: begin with brahmacarya and sense-restraint, enter household life for righteous progeny and yajña, but renounce craving for worldly and heavenly rewards; purify the heart and worship the Supreme with inner integrity.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, King Janaka speaks as a teacher, outlining how a person should live—combining social duty (householder responsibilities and yajña) with inner renunciation and purification aimed at the highest good.