Shloka 41
अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः
Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’
बुद्धिमन्तं कृतप्रज्ञ शुश्रुषुमनसूयकम् । दान्तं जितेन्द्रियं चापि शोको न स्पृशते नरम्
buddhimantaṁ kṛtaprajñaṁ śuśrūṣum anasūyakam | dāntaṁ jitendriyaṁ cāpi śoko na spṛśate naram ||
قال البراهمن: لا يمسّ الحزنُ من كان عاقلًا ثابتَ التمييز—مُدرَّبًا على التفكّر والاستدلال، مُشتاقًا إلى سماع تعاليم الذات الباطنة، منزَّهًا عن تتبّع العيوب، ضابطًا لنفسه، قاهرًا لحواسّه. فمثلُ هذا الخُلُق، الراسخ في فهمٍ منضبط، لا تزعزعه الكآبة.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Grief is overcome not by external change but by inner discipline: cultivated intelligence, steady discernment, willingness to learn spiritual truth, freedom from envy and fault-finding, and mastery over mind and senses. These qualities make one resilient against sorrow.
In Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, a brāhmaṇa speaker describes the traits of an ideal, spiritually trained person and states the result: such a person is not afflicted by śoka (grief). The verse functions as ethical counsel within a broader teaching discourse.