Shloka 42
अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः
Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’
एतां बुद्धिं समास्थाय गुप्तचित्तश्नरेद् बुध: । उदयास्तमयज्ञं हि न शोक: स्प्रष्टमहति
etāṁ buddhiṁ samāsthāya guptacittaḥ śnared budhaḥ | udayāstamayajñaṁ hi na śokaḥ spraṣṭum arhati ||
Establishing himself in this understanding, the wise person should live with guarded mind—protecting it from inner enemies such as desire and anger—and conduct himself nobly. For one who truly knows the principle of arising and passing away, sorrow has no right to touch him.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Firmly grounded in right discernment, one should guard the mind from inner foes (like desire and anger) and live with disciplined conduct; knowledge of impermanence—arising and passing away—makes grief powerless.
A Brahmin speaker continues an instruction in the Śānti Parva, urging a listener toward inner restraint and philosophical clarity: by taking refuge in this insight and protecting the mind, one becomes untouched by sorrow.