Shloka 34
Aśmagīta: Janaka’s Inquiry on Loss, Kāla, and the Limits of Control (अश्मगीता)
शीतमुष्णं तथा वर्ष कालेन परिवर्तते | एवमेव मनुष्याणां सुखदु:खे नरर्षभ,सर्दी, गर्मी और वर्षाका चक्र भी कालसे ही चलता है। नरश्रेष्ठ! इसी प्रकार मनुष्योंके सुख-दुःख भी कालसे ही प्राप्त होते हैं
śītam uṣṇaṃ tathā varṣaṃ kālena parivartate | evam eva manuṣyāṇāṃ sukha-duḥkhe nararṣabha ||
Janaka nói: “Lạnh, nóng và mưa gió xoay vần theo Thời gian. Cũng vậy, hỡi bậc nhất trong loài người, hạnh phúc và khổ đau của con người cũng đến bởi Thời gian.”
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Janaka teaches equanimity: just as seasons inevitably change by the force of Time, so too pleasure and pain arise and pass according to Time; therefore one should not be shaken by either.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and right conduct, King Janaka speaks to a noble interlocutor (“O best of men”), using the cycle of seasons to explain that human experiences of joy and grief are governed by Kāla (Time).