Shloka 12
जनक-राज्ञः मौण्ड्य-परिव्रज्या-विवादः
Janaka’s Renunciation Questioned; Discourse on Dāna and Detachment
तीनों वेदोंके ज्ञानमें बढ़े-चढ़े सहसरों ब्राह्मणों तथा इस सम्पूर्ण जगत्का भरण-पोषण करनेवाले होकर भी आज आप उन्हींके द्वारा अपना भरण-पोषण चाहते हैं ।।
śriyaṃ hitvā pradīptāṃ tvaṃ śvavat samprati vīkṣyase | aputrā jananī te ’dya kausalyā cāpatistvayā ||
阿周那说道：“你舍弃了炽盛辉煌的王者福泽，如今却像一条挨家挨户流浪的狗。你尚在人世，你的母亲却仿佛成了无子之人；而这不幸的考萨利娅也因你而仿佛成了无夫之妇。” 这番话谴责在致使依赖者被弃、家族与社会义务崩塌时，对正当王权的遁弃。
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Renunciation is not praised when it causes abandonment of rightful obligations; a ruler’s prosperity and position are to be upheld insofar as they sustain dependents and protect social and familial dharma.
Arjuna rebukes a royal figure for giving up kingship and living in a degraded, dependent state, arguing that this choice effectively leaves the mother ‘sonless’ and Kausalyā ‘husbandless’ despite the person still being alive.