Shloka 48
अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः
Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’
एवमेव किलैतानि प्रियाण्येवाप्रियाणि च । जीवेषु परिवर्तने दुःखानि च सुखानि च,इस प्रकार जीवोंको प्रिय-अप्रिय और सुख-दुःखकी प्राप्ति बार-बार क्रमसे होती ही रहती है, इसमें संदेह नहीं है
evam eva kila etāni priyāṇy evāpriyāṇi ca | jīveṣu parivartane duḥkhāni ca sukhāni ca ||
Der Brāhmaṇa sprach: So ist es in der Tat: Unter den Lebewesen kommen im Wandel der Lebensumstände das Liebe wie das Unliebe—Leid wie Glück—immer wieder in ihrer rechten Folge. Daran besteht kein Zweifel.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Life for all beings is marked by inevitable alternation: pleasant and unpleasant experiences, happiness and sorrow, recur in sequence. The ethical implication is steadiness and non-attachment—one should not be intoxicated by pleasure nor crushed by pain, recognizing both as transient turns in the cycle.
In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, a Brahmin speaker is instructing the listener by stating a general truth about worldly existence: experiences rotate and return, so one should understand the pattern of change rather than cling to any single phase.