Shloka 23
Sanatsujāta on Vedic Learning, Truth (Satya), and the Discipline of Dama–Tyāga–Apramāda
य आश्रयेत् पावयेच्चापि राजन् सर्व शरीरं तपसा तप्यमान: । एतेन वै बाल्यमभ्येति विद्वान् मृत्युंतथा स जयत्यन्तकाले
ya āśrayet pāvayec cāpi rājan sarvaśarīraṃ tapasā tapyamānaḥ | etena vai bālyam abhyeti vidvān mṛtyuṃ tathā sa jayaty antakāle ||
قال ساناتسوجاتا: «أيها الملك، من اتخذ من هذه البراهماتشاريا ملجأً، ومارس الزهد بضبط النفس، طهّر حتى جسده كله. وبهذا بعينه يبلغ الحكيم حالًا كحال الطفل، خاليًا من التعلّق والنفور. وفي الساعة الأخيرة يغلب الموت نفسه.»
सनत्सुजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
Brahmacarya supported by tapas (disciplined restraint) purifies the person and matures the mind into a ‘childlike’ simplicity—freedom from rāga (clinging) and dveṣa (aversion). Such inner purification and detachment is presented as the basis for ‘conquering death’ at life’s end, i.e., meeting death without bondage, fear, or spiritual defeat.
In the Sanatsujātīya section of Udyoga Parva, the sage Sanatsujāta instructs the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra). Here he emphasizes a practical discipline—brahmacarya with tapas—as a means of bodily and mental purification, culminating in fearlessness and victory over death at the final moment.