Shloka 42
अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः
Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’
एतां बुद्धिं समास्थाय गुप्तचित्तश्नरेद् बुध: । उदयास्तमयज्ञं हि न शोक: स्प्रष्टमहति
etāṁ buddhiṁ samāsthāya guptacittaḥ śnared budhaḥ | udayāstamayajñaṁ hi na śokaḥ spraṣṭum arhati ||
إذا استقرّ الحكيم على هذا الفهم، فليعش بقلبٍ محروس—يصونه من أعداء الباطن كالشهوة والغضب—وليسلك سلوكًا كريمًا. فإن من عرف حقًّا مبدأ النشوء والزوال، لا حقّ للحزن أن يمسّه.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Firmly grounded in right discernment, one should guard the mind from inner foes (like desire and anger) and live with disciplined conduct; knowledge of impermanence—arising and passing away—makes grief powerless.
A Brahmin speaker continues an instruction in the Śānti Parva, urging a listener toward inner restraint and philosophical clarity: by taking refuge in this insight and protecting the mind, one becomes untouched by sorrow.