Shloka 12
जनक-राज्ञः मौण्ड्य-परिव्रज्या-विवादः
Janaka’s Renunciation Questioned; Discourse on Dāna and Detachment
तीनों वेदोंके ज्ञानमें बढ़े-चढ़े सहसरों ब्राह्मणों तथा इस सम्पूर्ण जगत्का भरण-पोषण करनेवाले होकर भी आज आप उन्हींके द्वारा अपना भरण-पोषण चाहते हैं ।।
śriyaṃ hitvā pradīptāṃ tvaṃ śvavat samprati vīkṣyase | aputrā jananī te ’dya kausalyā cāpatistvayā ||
Arjuna disse: “Ao abandonares a tua fortuna real, ardente e resplandecente, agora pareces um cão que vagueia de porta em porta. Enquanto ainda vives, tua mãe tornou-se, por assim dizer, sem filho, e esta infeliz Kausalyā tornou-se sem marido por tua causa.” O discurso condena a renúncia ao reinado legítimo quando ela resulta no abandono dos dependentes e no colapso dos deveres familiares e sociais.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Renunciation is not praised when it causes abandonment of rightful obligations; a ruler’s prosperity and position are to be upheld insofar as they sustain dependents and protect social and familial dharma.
Arjuna rebukes a royal figure for giving up kingship and living in a degraded, dependent state, arguing that this choice effectively leaves the mother ‘sonless’ and Kausalyā ‘husbandless’ despite the person still being alive.