Shloka 12
Aśmagīta: Janaka’s Inquiry on Loss, Kāla, and the Limits of Control (अश्मगीता)
मानसानां पुनर्योनिर्दु:खानां चित्तविभ्रम: | अनिष्टोपनिपातो वा तृतीयं नोपपद्यते,मनुष्योंको बार-बार मानसिक दुःखोंकी प्राप्तिके कारण दो ही हैं--चित्तका भ्रम और अनिष्टकी प्राप्ति। तीसरा कोई कारण सम्भव नहीं है
mānasānāṃ punar yonir duḥkhānāṃ cittavibhramaḥ | aniṣṭopanipāto vā tṛtīyaṃ nopapadyate ||
మనుష్యులకు మానసిక దుఃఖాలు మళ్లీ మళ్లీ కలగడానికి కారణం రెండే—చిత్తభ్రమ (విక్షేపం) లేదా అనిష్టం సంభవించడం. మూడవ కారణం నిలవదు।
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Janaka reduces mental suffering to two roots: inner confusion of the mind (cittavibhrama) and the external impact of unwanted events (aniṣṭopanipāta). The ethical implication is that clarity, discipline, and right understanding address the first, while steadiness and detachment help one endure the second.
In the Shanti Parva’s reflective instruction, King Janaka speaks as a teacher of inner wisdom, presenting a concise analysis of why people repeatedly experience mental distress, emphasizing that the causes can be exhaustively classified into these two.