Shloka 14
Ārjava, Satya, and the Virocana–Sudhanvan Exemplum
Udyoga-parva 35
यतो यतो निवर्तते ततस्ततो विमुच्यते । निवर्तनाद्धि सर्वतो न वेत्ति दुःखमण्वपि
yato yato nivartate tatastato vimucyate | nivartanād dhi sarvato na vetti duḥkham aṇv api ||
Der Schwan sprach: „Von welchen Gegenständen auch immer der Mensch den Geist zurückzieht, von eben diesen löst er sich nach und nach. Und wenn dieses Abwenden in alle Richtungen vollkommen wird, erfährt er nicht einmal die geringste Spur von Leid.“
हंस उवाच
Educational Q&A
Freedom from suffering grows in direct proportion to withdrawing the mind from its objects of attachment; complete detachment in all directions results in the absence of even the smallest sorrow.
In a didactic passage of Udyoga Parva, the speaker identified as the Haṃsa (Swan) delivers an instruction on inner discipline: turning the mind away from worldly objects leads step-by-step to liberation and the cessation of suffering.