Shloka 6
Aśmagīta: Janaka’s Inquiry on Loss, Kāla, and the Limits of Control (अश्मगीता)
तेषामन्यतरापत्ताौ यद् यदेवोपपद्यते । तदस्य चेतनामाशु हरत्यभ्रमिवानिल:
teṣām anyatarāpattau yad yadeva upapadyate | tad asya cetanām āśu haraty abhram ivānilaḥ ||
Janaka nói: “Trong hai điều ấy, ắt có một điều giáng xuống con người; vì vậy, bất cứ trải nghiệm nào hiện đến—dù lạc hay khổ—đều mau chóng cuốn đi sự sáng suốt của tâm thức, như gió thổi tan mây.”
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Pleasure and pain are unavoidable alternations in human life, and either can quickly disturb or eclipse one’s inner awareness; therefore one should cultivate steadiness and detachment so that consciousness is not swept away by passing experiences.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and right living, King Janaka speaks as a teacher, using the image of wind scattering a cloud to show how swiftly an arising experience—pleasant or painful—can seize and unsettle a person’s awareness.