Shloka 48
अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः
Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’
एवमेव किलैतानि प्रियाण्येवाप्रियाणि च । जीवेषु परिवर्तने दुःखानि च सुखानि च,इस प्रकार जीवोंको प्रिय-अप्रिय और सुख-दुःखकी प्राप्ति बार-बार क्रमसे होती ही रहती है, इसमें संदेह नहीं है
evam eva kila etāni priyāṇy evāpriyāṇi ca | jīveṣu parivartane duḥkhāni ca sukhāni ca ||
The Brahmin said: ‘So indeed it is: among living beings, in the turning of life’s conditions, what is dear and what is not dear—sorrow and happiness alike—come again and again in due sequence. Of this there is no doubt.’
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Life for all beings is marked by inevitable alternation: pleasant and unpleasant experiences, happiness and sorrow, recur in sequence. The ethical implication is steadiness and non-attachment—one should not be intoxicated by pleasure nor crushed by pain, recognizing both as transient turns in the cycle.
In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, a Brahmin speaker is instructing the listener by stating a general truth about worldly existence: experiences rotate and return, so one should understand the pattern of change rather than cling to any single phase.