Shloka 22
मृत्योर्ब्रह्मणा नियोजनम् — The Commissioning of Mṛtyu by Brahmā
जो सामान्यतः सम्पूर्ण भूतों और भौतिक गुणोंका त्याग कर देता है, उस मुनिका दुःख उसी प्रकार सुखपूर्वक अनायास नष्ट हो जाता है, जैसे सूर्योदयसे अन्धकार ।।
yaḥ sāmānyataḥ sampūrṇaṃ bhūtānāṃ bhautikaguṇānāṃ ca tyāgaṃ karoti, tasya muneḥ duḥkhaṃ tathā sukhapūrvakam anāyāsena naśyati yathā sūryodayād andhakāram. tamatikrāntakarmāṇam atikrāntaguṇakṣayam | brāhmaṇaṃ viṣayāśśliṣṭaṃ jarāmṛtyū na vindataḥ ||
قال فياسا: «حين يتخلى الحكيم، على نحوٍ عامّ وشامل، عن التعلّق بجميع الكائنات وبالصفات المادية (guṇa)، يزول حزنه بسهولة ومن غير عناء—كما يضمحلّ الظلام عند شروق الشمس. ومن تجاوز قهر الأفعال (الكارما) واستنفد سلطان الغونات، وكان عارفًا ببراهْمان (Brahman) غير متشبّث بموضوعات الحسّ، لا تدركه الشيخوخة ولا الموت».
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Suffering ends naturally when one relinquishes attachment to beings and material qualities; the Brahman-knower who is free from clinging to sense-objects and has transcended karma and the guṇas is not spiritually bound by aging and death.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation, Vyāsa explains to the listener that renunciation and inner detachment lead to effortless dissolution of sorrow, using the sunrise-darkness image, and he characterizes the liberated knower as beyond karma, guṇas, and sense-attachment.