Shloka 10
मृत्योर्ब्रह्मणा नियोजनम् — The Commissioning of Mṛtyu by Brahmā
स कामकान्तो न तु कामकामः: स वै कामात् स्वर्गमुपैति देही
sa kāmakānto na tu kāmakāmaḥ | sa vai kāmāt svargamupaiti dehī |
يُبيّن فياسا أن صاحب الحكمة الثابتة يكون موضع انجذاب لمن تسوقهم الرغبة، لكنه هو لا يطارد لذّات الحسّ. أمّا الإنسان المتجسّد الذي يتماهى مع الجسد ويشتهي المتع، فتجرّه رغباته إلى ثمارها: يبلغ السماء جزاءً لأعمالٍ حرّكها الهوى، لا تحرّرًا مولودًا من الحرية الباطنة.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
A steady-minded person may be admired by the desire-driven, but he does not pursue pleasures; the body-identified pleasure-seeker, acting from desire, attains heaven as a karmic result—still within the cycle of results—rather than the freedom that comes from desirelessness.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on conduct and inner discipline, Vyāsa contrasts two orientations: the wise, self-controlled person versus the embodied person ruled by craving, explaining the different destinations produced by their motivations.