Shloka 17
परित्यजति यो दु:खं सुखं वाप्युभयं नर: । अभ्येति ब्रह्म सो>त्यन्तं न तं शोचन्ति पण्डिता:,जो मनुष्य सुख और दु:ख दोनोंकी ही चिन्ता छोड़ देता है, वह अक्षय ब्रह्मको प्राप्त हो जाता है। विद्वान पुरुष उसके लिये शोक नहीं करते
parityajati yo duḥkhaṃ sukhaṃ vāpy ubhayaṃ naraḥ | abhyeti brahma so ’tyantaṃ na taṃ śocanti paṇḍitāḥ ||
নারদ বললেন—যে মানুষ সুখ ও দুঃখ—উভয়ের প্রতিই আসক্তিজনিত চিন্তা ত্যাগ করে, সে সম্পূর্ণরূপে অক্ষয় ব্রহ্মকে লাভ করে। এমন ব্যক্তির জন্য পণ্ডিতেরা শোক করেন না।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Freedom is gained by dropping attachment and anxious concern for both pleasure and pain. When one is no longer driven by these dualities, one becomes fit to realize and attain the imperishable Brahman; therefore the wise do not lament for such a person.
In the didactic discourse of the Śānti Parva, Nārada instructs on liberation-oriented conduct. He states that transcending the pair of opposites—sukha and duḥkha—leads to the highest attainment (Brahman), marking the person as beyond ordinary grounds for grief.