Shloka 6
Ātma-saṃyama-dharma: One-pointedness of Mind and Senses (शुक–व्यास संवादः)
ब्रह्मचर्येण वै लोकान् जयन्ति परमर्षय: । आत्मनश्व ततः श्रेयांस्यन्विच्छन् मनसा55त्मनि
brahmacaryeṇa vai lokān jayanti paramarṣayaḥ | ātmanaś ca tataḥ śreyāṃsy anvicchan manasā ātmani ||
ব্রহ্মচর্যের দ্বারা পরমর্ষিগণ লোকসমূহ জয় করেন; তারপর আত্মার পরম কল্যাণ অন্বেষণে, আত্মস্থ মন নিয়ে, অন্তরে অন্তরেই অনুসন্ধান করেন।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Brahmacarya—understood as rigorous restraint and purity of conduct—gives sages mastery over worldly and spiritual attainments; but its higher purpose is inward: turning the mind within to seek the supreme good (śreyas) through self-inquiry centered on the ātman.
In the didactic flow of the Śānti Parva, Vyāsa is presenting an ascetic-ethical principle: the great sages, through disciplined brahmacarya, gain ‘victory over the worlds’ and then proceed to the deeper quest—seeking ultimate welfare by directing the mind inward toward the Self.