Shloka 1
भिक्षुलक्षणम्—एकचर्याः, अहिंसा, कैवल्याश्रमः
Marks of the Mendicant: Solitary Wandering, Non-Injury, and the Kaivalya-Discipline
#दघ>2८5-> (9) बीज - ध्यानयोगके साधकको ऐसे स्थानपर आसन लगाना चाहिये
vyāsa uvāca | atha jñānaplavaṁ dhīro gṛhītvā śāntim ātmanaḥ | unmajjaṁś ca nimajjaṁś ca jñānam evābhisaṁśrayet ||
ব্যাসে ক’লে—তেতিয়া ধীৰ পুৰুষে নিজৰ আত্মশান্তিৰ বাবে জ্ঞানৰূপ নাওখন ধৰি, সংসাৰ-সাগৰত কেতিয়াবা ওপৰলৈ উঠি কেতিয়াবা তললৈ ডুবি থাকিলেও, কেৱল জ্ঞানকেই আশ্ৰয় কৰিব।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
One should treat liberating knowledge (jñāna) as the sole refuge for attaining inner peace, remaining steady through both uplift and decline in worldly conditions—like holding a raft while crossing a turbulent ocean.
In the Śānti Parva’s instructional discourse, Vyāsa continues a didactic passage: he urges the listener to navigate saṁsāra’s fluctuations by grasping the ‘raft of knowledge’ and relying on discernment rather than external circumstances.