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Mokshadharma 12.171.15

अहो सम्यक्शुकेनोक्तं सर्वतः परिमुच्यता । प्रतिष्ठता महारण्यं जनकस्य निवेशनात् ॥

aho samyakśukenoktaṃ sarvataḥ parimucyatā | pratiṣṭhatā mahāraṇyaṃ janakasya niveśanāt ||

Ah, how rightly Shuka put it, freed from everything, as he set out from Janaka's palace for the great forest:

अहा, शुकदेव ने कितना ठीक कहा था, जब वे सब बंधनों से छूटकर जनक के महल से महावन की ओर चले:

Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ

Mankin finds words for his own loss in the saying of a sage, as people often find comfort in a line they remember at the right moment.

मंकि अपने नुकसान के लिए एक ऋषि के कथन में शब्द पाते हैं, जैसे लोग अक्सर सही समय पर याद आई किसी पंक्ति में सांत्वना पाते हैं।

In the story Bhishma tells (12.171), Mankin speaks to himself and to Desire after losing his last wealth, recalling what the sage Shuka said as he left King Janaka's palace for the forest.

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