Shloka 6
Aśmagīta: Janaka’s Inquiry on Loss, Kāla, and the Limits of Control (अश्मगीता)
तेषामन्यतरापत्ताौ यद् यदेवोपपद्यते । तदस्य चेतनामाशु हरत्यभ्रमिवानिल:
teṣām anyatarāpattau yad yadeva upapadyate | tad asya cetanām āśu haraty abhram ivānilaḥ ||
阇那迦说道：“二者之中必有其一降临于人；因此，无论现前的是乐是苦，都会迅速夺去他的明净觉知，正如疾风吹散浮云。”
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Pleasure and pain are unavoidable alternations in human life, and either can quickly disturb or eclipse one’s inner awareness; therefore one should cultivate steadiness and detachment so that consciousness is not swept away by passing experiences.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and right living, King Janaka speaks as a teacher, using the image of wind scattering a cloud to show how swiftly an arising experience—pleasant or painful—can seize and unsettle a person’s awareness.