Shloka 24
आपद्-राजनीतिः (Āpad-rājanīti) — Policy Options in Multi-Front Crisis
एतद् दृष्टं मया राजंस्तथा च वचन श्रुतम् | आशामपनयस्वाशु तत: कृशतरीमिमाम्,ऋषभ मुनि कहते हैं--राजन्! मैंने यह सब कुछ अपनी आँखों देखा है और मुनिका वह कथन भी अपने कानों सुना है। ऐसे ही तुम भी शरीरको अत्यन्त कृश बना देनेवाली इस मृगविषयक दुराशाको शीघ्र ही त्याग दो
etad dṛṣṭaṃ mayā rājan tathā ca vacanaṃ śrutam | āśām apanayasvāśu tataḥ kṛśatarīm imām ||
Kṛśa disse: “Ó rei, vi isto com meus próprios olhos e também ouvi aquela declaração com meus próprios ouvidos. Portanto, abandona depressa esta esperança—este anseio ligado ao veado—que torna o corpo cada vez mais emagrecido.”
कृश उवाच
Educational Q&A
Desire and clinging (āśā) weaken a person; one should promptly abandon such craving and practice self-restraint and detachment.
Kṛśa addresses a king, testifying that he has personally witnessed events and heard a sage’s words, and urges the king to give up a deer-related longing that is causing physical and inner depletion.