Shloka 14
Aśmagīta: Janaka’s Inquiry on Loss, Kāla, and the Limits of Control (अश्मगीता)
जरामृत्यू हि भूतानां खादितारी वृकाविव । बलिनां दुर्बलानां च हस्वानां महतामपि,बुढ़ापा और मृत्यु--ये दोनों दो भेड़ियोंके समान हैं, जो बलवान् दुर्बल, छोटे और बड़े सभी प्राणियोंको खा जाते हैं
janaka uvāca |
jarāmṛtyū hi bhūtānāṁ khāditārī vṛkāv iva |
balināṁ durbalānāṁ ca hrasvānāṁ mahatām api ||
Vua Janaka nói: “Già và chết quả thật như hai con sói nuốt chửng mọi loài hữu tình—dù mạnh hay yếu, dù nhỏ hay lớn.”
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Old age and death spare no one—strength, weakness, greatness, or smallness do not protect a being from impermanence. Therefore one should cultivate dharma and inner detachment rather than rely on worldly advantages.
King Janaka speaks reflectively, using the image of two wolves to describe how old age and death consume all creatures alike, emphasizing a moral lesson about the inevitability of decline and the need for wise living.