Shloka 6
असंतोषादिदोष-निरूपणम्
On the Faults of Discontent and the Discipline of Detachment
आत्मोदरकृते<प्राज्ञ: करोति विघसं बहु | जयोदरं पृथिव्या ते श्रेयो निर्जितया जितम्
ātmodarākṛte prājñaḥ karoti vighasaṃ bahu | jayodaraṃ pṛthivyā te śreyo nirjitayā jitam ||
নিজ উদৰৰ বাবেই অজ্ঞ মানুহে বহু পাপ আৰু হিংসা কৰে। সেয়ে প্ৰথমে নিজৰ ‘উদৰ’—ক্ষুধা আৰু লালসাক—জয় কৰা। সেই অন্তৰ্জয় সিদ্ধ হ’লে, জয় কৰা এই পৃথিৱীৰ দ্বাৰাই তুমি শ্ৰেয়সক জয় কৰিলা বুলি ধৰা যায়।
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
True victory begins with self-mastery: craving for food and comfort can drive a person into violence and injustice. Conquering appetite and greed is presented as a higher, more auspicious conquest than merely winning territory.
In the Shanti Parva’s moral instruction on dharma and governance, Yudhiṣṭhira speaks reflectively, contrasting external conquest (of the earth/kingdom) with the more difficult and ethically decisive conquest of one’s own desires.