Shloka 14
Sanatsujāta–Dhṛtarāṣṭra Saṃvāda: Brahmacarya and the Formless Brahman
Udyoga Parva 44
द्रव्यवान् गुणवानेवं त्यागी भवति सात््विक: । पज्च भूतानि पञ्चभ्यो निवर्तयति तादृश:
dravyavān guṇavān evaṁ tyāgī bhavati sāttvikaḥ | pañca bhūtāni pañcabhyo nivartayati tādṛśaḥ ||
Sanatsujāta sprach: „Ein Hausvater, der Reichtum und Tugenden besitzt und im Geist der Entsagung lebt, wird sāttvika. Ein solcher zügelt die fünf Sinnesvermögen, wendet sie von ihren fünf Gegenständen ab und bewahrt so den Geist davor, nach außen gezerrt zu werden.“
सनत्युजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
True sāttvika living is not mere possession or status but inner renunciation: even while wealthy and active as a householder, one should withdraw the senses from their objects and live with disciplined detachment.
In the Sanatsujātīya discourse of Udyoga Parva, Sanatsujāta instructs on spiritual and ethical discipline, describing the ideal householder who cultivates virtue and restrains the senses.