Shloka 11
Nakula’s Counsel on Yajña, Dāna, and Tyāga (नकुलोपदेशः—यज्ञदानत्यागविचारः)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनुशासनपर्वमें अजुनके वचनके प्रयंगरें ऋषियों और पक्षिरूपधारी इन्द्रके संवादका वर्णनविषयक ग्यारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ,क्रोधहर्षावनादृत्य पैशुन्यं च विशेषत: । विप्रो वेदानधीते य: स त्यागी पार्थ उच्यते कुन्तीनन्दन! जो ब्राह्मण क्रोध, हर्ष और विशेषतः चुगलीकी अवहेलना करके सदा वेदोंके स्वाध्यायमें लगा रहता है, वह त्यागी कहलाता है
krodhaharṣāvanādṛtya paiśunyaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ | vipro vedānadhīte yaḥ sa tyāgī pārtha ucyate ||
kuntīnandana! yo brāhmaṇaḥ krodhaṃ harṣaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ paiśunyaṃ (paradūṣaṇa-rūpāṃ paiśunikatām) avajñāya nityaṃ vedasvādhyāye rataḥ, sa tyāgī iti ucyate |
O Pārtha, a Brahmin who sets aside anger and elation—and, above all, refuses the habit of slander—and who remains steadily devoted to the study of the Vedas, is called a true renunciant.
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
True renunciation is primarily ethical and inward: restraining anger and excessive elation, rejecting slander and tale-bearing, and maintaining disciplined commitment to sacred study. Tyāga is framed as mastery over impulses and speech rather than mere external withdrawal.
In the Shānti Parva’s instruction-oriented setting, a definition of the ‘tyāgī’ is presented to Pārtha (Arjuna). The verse functions as a normative statement about Brahmin conduct, emphasizing self-restraint and svādhyāya as marks of genuine renunciation.