Shloka 19
असंतोषादिदोष-निरूपणम्
On the Faults of Discontent and the Discipline of Detachment
इस विषयमें पूर्वकालमें राजा जनककी कही हुई एक गाथाका लोग उल्लेख किया करते हैं। राजा जनक समस्त द्वद्धोंसे रहित और जीवन्मुक्त पुरुष थे। उन्होंने मोक्षस्वरूप परमात्मतत्त्वका साक्षात्कार कर लिया था। अनन्तं बत मे वित्तं यस्य मे नास्ति किंचन । मिथिलायां प्रदीप्तायां न मे दह्युति किंचन
anantaṃ bata me vittaṃ yasya me nāsti kiṃcana | mithilāyāṃ pradīptāyāṃ na me dahyati kiṃcana ||
人们常常援引古时弥提罗王阇那迦所说的一首偈颂。世人看来，他似乎拥有无量财富；然而其内心远离一切对待之相（双对），为在世解脱者（jīvanmukta），已亲证以解脱（mokṣa）为自性之至上我（Paramātman）。其偈曰：“我之财富诚然无尽——然其中无一物真属我。纵使弥提罗举城焚燃，我亦无物可被烧毁。”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
That ownership is a mental construction: even amid great wealth, the wise person claims nothing as ‘mine’. Through detachment and Self-realization, one remains unshaken by loss—even the destruction of a kingdom—because one’s identity is not tied to possessions.
Yudhiṣṭhira refers to a well-known saying of King Janaka, presented as an authoritative example from earlier times. Janaka is portrayed as a realized ruler who uses a striking image—Mithilā on fire—to illustrate his inner freedom from attachment.