Shloka 55
अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः
Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’
या दुस्त्यजा दुर्मतिभिर्या न जीर्य॑ति जीर्यत: । योडसौ प्राणान्तिको रोगस्तां तृष्णां त्यजत: सुखम्
yā dustyajā durmatibhir yā na jīryati jīryataḥ | yo ’sau prāṇāntiko rogās tāṃ tṛṣṇāṃ tyajataḥ sukham ||
قال البراهمن: إن تلك الشهوة العطشى التي يعسر على الحمقى تركها، والتي لا تشيخ وإن شاخ الإنسان، والتي تلتصق كداءٍ لا يفارق إلا مع انقضاء الحياة—لا ينال السعادة الحقّة إلا من طرح تلك الظمأ جانبًا.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Craving (tṛṣṇā) is portrayed as an affliction that persists throughout life and does not diminish with age; genuine happiness arises from relinquishing this insatiable desire through discernment and self-restraint.
Within the didactic discourse of the Śānti Parva, a Brāhmaṇa speaker offers a moral reflection: he characterizes tṛṣṇā as a life-long disease and declares that the person who abandons it alone attains sukha (well-being).