Shloka 18
Sanatsujāta-Āhvāna (Summoning Sanatsujāta) — Vidura’s Invocation and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Doubt
सनत्युजात उवाच एवं ह्ुविद्वानुपयाति तत्र तत्रार्थजातं च वदन्ति वेदा: । अनीह आयाति परं परात्मा प्रयाति मार्गेण निहत्य मार्गान्
sanatsujāta uvāca | evaṁ hy avidvān upayāti tatra tatra arthajātaṁ ca vadanti vedāḥ | anīha āyāti paraṁ parātmā prayāti mārgeṇa nihatya mārgān |
Sanatsujāta sprach: „So wandert der Unwissende von einem Zustand in den anderen, und auch die Veden nennen viele Ziele, die mit dem Handeln (Karma) verbunden sind. Doch der Wunschlose bezwingt auf dem Pfad der Erkenntnis alle anderen Pfade und—als das höchste Selbst verweilend—erlangt das Höchste.“
सनत्युजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ignorance leads one to wander among many ends and destinations through action and its promised results, whereas desirelessness joined to knowledge leads to the Supreme by transcending and mastering all lesser means.
Sanatsujāta instructs the king in a spiritual discourse, contrasting the restless movement of the ignorant—guided by ritual aims—with the steady liberation of the desireless knower who reaches the Supreme Self through jñāna.