Shloka 13
Jāpakānāṃ Gatiḥ — The Destinies of Japa-Practitioners (Śānti Parva 12.190)
परिग्रहान् परित्यज्य भवेद् बुद्धया जितेन्द्रिय: । अशोकं स्थानमातिषछेदिह चामुत्र चाभयम्,किसी भी प्राणीकी हिंसा न करे, सबके साथ मैत्रीपूर्ण बर्ताव करे। स्त्री-पुत्र आदिकी ममता एवं आसक्तिको त्यागकर बुद्धिके द्वारा इन्द्रियोंको वशमें करे और उस स्थितिको प्राप्त करे, जो इहलोक और परलोकमें भी निर्भय एवं शोकरहित है
parigrahān parityajya bhaved buddhyā jitendriyaḥ | aśokaṃ sthānam ātiṣṭhed iha cāmutra cābhayam ||
Bharadvāja said: Renouncing possessions and attachments, one should, through disciplined understanding, become a conqueror of the senses. Thus one attains a state free from sorrow and fear—secure both in this world and in the world to come.
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that freedom from fear and sorrow arises from renouncing possessiveness and cultivating self-mastery: by abandoning ‘grasping’ (parigraha) and governing the senses through discernment (buddhi), one reaches a stable, fearless condition beneficial both here and hereafter.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner discipline, the sage Bharadvāja speaks as a teacher, prescribing a renunciant ethic—detachment and sense-control—as the means to attain an untroubled, secure state beyond worldly anxiety.