Shloka 14
जनक-राज्ञः मौण्ड्य-परिव्रज्या-विवादः
Janaka’s Renunciation Questioned; Discourse on Dāna and Detachment
तांश्व त्वं विफलान् कुर्वन् क॑ नु लोक॑ गमिष्यसि । राजन् संशयिते मोक्षे परतन्त्रेषु देहिषु
tānś ca tvaṁ viphalān kurvan ka nu lokaṁ gamiṣyasi | rājan saṁśayite mokṣe paratantrēṣu dehiṣu ||
阿周那说道：“大王啊！若你使那些求告者的辛劳化为徒然，你将往何处去？因为解脱并非必然可得，而有身之众生皆受超出自身掌控之力所制约（其既定业分）。在此情形下，令那些求利而投身你麾下的人失望，于伦理上实为险途。”
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler’s dharma includes not frustrating the legitimate hopes of dependents and supplicants. Since embodied life is already constrained by destiny and uncertainty about liberation, ethical governance demands compassion and reliability; failing those who rely on you risks moral downfall.
Arjuna addresses a king and warns him that if he makes the efforts of those who have come seeking benefit (and serve under him) come to nothing, the king’s afterlife destination will be blameworthy. He frames the warning through the uncertainty of mokṣa and the dependence of embodied beings on fate.