Shloka 56
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
न च कामसमायुक्ते युक्ते5प्यस्ति त्रिदण्डके । न रक्ष्यते त्वया चेदं न मुक्तस्यास्ति गोपना
na ca kāmasamāyukte yukte ’py asti tridaṇḍake | na rakṣyate tvayā cedaṃ na muktasyāsti gopanā ||
阇那迦说道：“若人仍纠缠于欲乐，即便自称修持，执持三杖亦是不当而徒然。以此等行径，你并未守护出离者之法度。若此举是为遮掩你真实的境界，当知：对真正解脱者而言，并无自我隐藏之必要。”
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
External marks of renunciation (like the tridaṇḍa) are meaningless if one remains attached to sensual desire; true renunciation is measured by inner restraint and integrity. A genuinely liberated person has no need to hide their state through contrived appearances.
King Janaka admonishes a renunciant figure: if their conduct is driven by desire, their ascetic insignia is pointless and they are failing to uphold the sannyāsa discipline; and if the insignia is used to conceal identity or inner state, Janaka argues that a liberated person does not require such concealment.