Shloka 43
अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः
Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’
यन्निमित्तं भवेच्छोकस्तापो वा दुःखमेव च । आयासो वा यतो मूलमेकाज्रमपि तत् त्यजेत्
yan-nimittaṁ bhavec chokaḥ tāpo vā duḥkham eva ca | āyāso vā yato mūlam ekāgram api tat tyajet ||
كلُّ ما يصير سببًا للحزن أو لحرقةِ الكرب أو للألم—وكلُّ ما يكون أصلًا لما ينشأ عنه عناءٌ مفرط—ينبغي طرحُه، ولو لم يكن إلا تعلّقًا واحدًا مُمسكًا به بعنادٍ أحاديّ. فالتعليم يحثّ على قطع بذرة الحزن نفسها، لا على احتمال نتائجها فحسب.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Identify the root-cause of grief and suffering—especially a single, tightly held fixation—and abandon it. The verse emphasizes preventive ethics: remove the source rather than repeatedly coping with the pain it generates.
In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, a Brahmin speaker offers counsel on how to live without being driven into sorrow and exhaustion. The instruction is framed as practical guidance: relinquish whatever reliably produces distress, even if it seems small or personally cherished.