Shloka 13
Bhūta-guṇa-saṃkhyāna
Enumeration of the Properties of the Elements and Cognitive Faculties
एवं स्वभावमेवेदमिति विद्वान् न मुहृति । अशोचचन्नप्रहृष्यन् हि नित्यं विगतमत्सर:
evaṁ svabhāvam evedam iti vidvān na muhṛti | aśocan na prahṛṣyan hi nityaṁ vigata-matsaraḥ ||
“এই জগতের স্বভাবই এমন—চিরপরিবর্তনশীল,” এ কথা জেনে জ্ঞানী এক মুহূর্তও মোহে পড়ে না। সে না শোক করে, না উল্লসিত হয়; ঈর্ষা-দ্বেষমুক্ত হয়ে সর্বদা সমচিত্তে স্থিত থাকে।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches equanimity grounded in insight: since change is the world’s inherent nature (svabhāva), the wise do not fall into delusion, nor swing between grief and elation; they cultivate freedom from envy and hostility as a stable ethical disposition.
Vyāsa is instructing on the marks of a truly wise person in the Śānti Parva’s discourse on peace and right conduct: he describes the inner stance of the knower—unconfused by worldly change, emotionally balanced, and purified of envy.