Shloka 33
Aśmagīta: Janaka’s Inquiry on Loss, Kāla, and the Limits of Control (अश्मगीता)
वायुमाकाशमनग्निं च चन्द्रादित्यावह:क्षपे । ज्योतींषि सरित: शैलान् क: करोति बिभर्ति च,वायु, आकाश, अग्नि, चन्द्रमा, सूर्य, दिन, रात, नक्षत्र, नदी और पर्वतोंको कालके सिवा कौन बनाता और धारण करता है?
vāyum ākāśam agniṁ ca candrādityāv ahaḥkṣape | jyotīṁṣi saritaḥ śailān kaḥ karoti bibharti ca ||
Джанaka сказал: «Кто, кроме Времени, творит и поддерживает ветер, небо, огонь, луну и солнце, чередование дня и ночи, звёзды, реки и горы?»
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse points to Kāla (Time) as the overarching cosmic power that brings forth and sustains natural forces and structures, encouraging detachment from personal doership and recognition of a larger order governing creation and maintenance.
King Janaka poses a rhetorical question, listing major elements of the cosmos and asking who creates and supports them—implying that beyond individual agency, Time (Kāla) governs the world’s arising and continuance.