Shloka 34
Arjuna’s request to Krishna and the opening of the Kāśyapa–Brāhmaṇa mokṣa discourse (Āśvamedhika-parva 16)
अनघ! बहुत-से पिता और भाँति-भाँतिकी माताएँ देखी हैं। विचित्र-विचित्र सुख- दुःखोंका अनुभव किया है ।।
anagha! bahu-śaḥ pitṝn nānā-vidhāś ca mātṝr dṛṣṭavān asmi; vicitra-vicitrāṇāṁ sukha-duḥkhānām anubhavaṁ ca prāptaḥ. priyair vivāso bahuśaḥ saṁvāsaś cāpriyaiḥ saha; dhana-nāśaś ca samprāpto labdhvā duḥkhena tad dhanam.
无罪者啊！我见过许多父亲、许多母亲，各有其类；也经历过无数形态的欢乐与悲苦。多少次我与所爱之人离散，多少次又不得不同我所不喜之人同居共处。那以艰辛方才得来的财富，也在我眼前转瞬消亡。
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches vairāgya (dispassion): worldly life repeatedly brings separation from the dear, association with the undesired, and the loss of hard-earned wealth. Recognizing this instability supports ethical clarity and detachment rather than clinging.
A Siddha addresses a ‘sinless’ listener and summarizes his long experience of life’s reversals—changing family relations, alternating joys and sorrows, unwanted company, and the destruction of wealth—setting a reflective, instructive tone within the Ashvamedhika Parva.