Dharma is the ethical way of living adhering to sufficient disciplines and restraints, to make life peaceful, collective and harmonious. Guided by dharma, one can strive to gain adequate resources, artha, with which he can fulfil his desires, to be free to pursue the fourth object of pursuit, moksha, inner freedom.

Janaka says for him, who is floating in the inundation of the Self, of what use is to talk about dharma at all? Dharma is indispensable for those attracted to world objects. Janaka has no need for any of them at all. So dharma becomes redundant, unnecessary. The same applies to the second object, wealth, artha, as well. Why should he think of opulence at all? All his satisfaction comes from the Self, and he is full and overflowing.

What about desire, its gratification, kāma? He fosters no desire at all for anything. What one will get when his desire is met and fulfilled, that in infinite measure, Janaka already enjoys from the Self within. So kāma too becomes irrelevant for him.

As far as moksha, the fourth object of pursuit is concerned, he already is a mukta, liberated. Liberation too is redundant for him.

Imagine the extent of fullness Janaka feels after hearing his Teacher, the amazing confidence and clarity he evinces so well!