जनक उवाच अहो निरञ्जनः शान्तो बोधोऽहं प्रकृतेः परः, एतावन्तमहं कालं मोहेनैव विडम्बितः। ॥1॥

janaka uvāca aho nirañjanaḥ śānto bodho'haṁ prakṛteḥ paraḥ, etāvantam-ahaṁ kālaṁ mohenaiva viḍambitaḥ. (1)

Janaka expresses that he realizes he is pure and untouched by the confusion of the world, recognizing that he has been lost in misunderstanding for a long time. He acknowledges his true nature as calm and beyond the influences of the material world.