Shloka 40
Aśmagīta: Janaka’s Inquiry on Loss, Kāla, and the Limits of Control (अश्मगीता)
क्वासे क्व च गमिष्यामि को न्वहं किमिहास्थित: । कस्मात् किमनुशोचेयमित्येवं स्थापयेन्मन:
kvāse kva ca gamiṣyāmi ko nvahaṃ kimihāsthitaḥ | kasmāt kimanuśoceyamityevaṃ sthāpayenmanaḥ ||
阇那迦说道：“我究竟在何处？又将往何处去？我真实是谁？为何以此境况立于此地？因何缘故、为着何事，我当悲恸？”应当如此反复安置其心于此追问之中，使由迷乱而生的忧苦得以断除，而明辨得以建立。
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
To counter grief, one should stabilize the mind through reflective inquiry into one’s true identity, one’s situation, and the causes of lamentation; clear seeing dissolves sorrow rooted in mistaken self-identification.
King Janaka speaks in a didactic context, presenting a method of inner discipline: posing fundamental questions—where am I, where am I going, who am I, why grieve—and using them to steady the mind toward detachment and wisdom.