Shloka 11
Aśmagīta: Janaka’s Inquiry on Loss, Kāla, and the Limits of Control (अश्मगीता)
तेषां परमदु:खानां बुद्धा भैषज्यमाचरेत् । सर्वप्राणभृतां वृत्तं प्रेक्षमाणस्ततस्तत:
teṣāṃ paramaduḥkhānāṃ buddhā bhaiṣajyam ācaret | sarvaprāṇabhṛtāṃ vṛttaṃ prekṣamāṇas tatas tataḥ ||
阇那迦说道：“对于那极重之苦，当以觉悟之智施以药方。于此处彼处观察一切有情之行止，见其痛苦的生计如何自招其果报；于是当以辨慧为药，约束自身，不令滑入邪路。”
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Discernment (buddhi) is presented as a therapeutic remedy: by carefully observing how harmful conduct leads to suffering for living beings, one should restrain oneself from wrong courses and thereby prevent great misery.
In the Shanti Parva’s instructional setting, King Janaka speaks as a moral teacher, advising a reflective practice: look at real-life examples of suffering caused by misguided behavior and use that insight to correct one’s own path.