Shloka 36
अरोषमोह: समलोष्टकाञउचन: प्रहीणकोशो गतसंधिविग्रह: । अपेतनिन्न्दास्तुतिरप्रियाप्रिय- श्वरन्नुदासीनवदेष भिक्षुक:,ऐसे संन्यासीको रोष और मोह नहीं छू सकते। वह मिट्टीके ढेले और सोनेको समान समझता है। पाँच कोशोंका अभिमान त्याग देता है और संधि-विग्रह तथा निन्दा-स्तुतिसे रहित हो जाता है। उसकी दृष्टिमें न कोई प्रिय होता है न अप्रिय। वह संन्यासी उदासीनकी भाँति सर्वत्र विचरता रहता है
aroṣamohaḥ samaloṣṭakāñcanaḥ prahīṇakośo gatasandhivigrahaḥ | apetanindāstutir apriyapriyaś carann udāsīnavad eṣa bhikṣukaḥ ||
Vyāsa said: Such a mendicant is untouched by anger and delusion. He regards a clod of earth and gold as the same. Having cast off the sense of possession and the pride of one’s “stores” (kośas), he goes beyond the impulses of alliance and hostility, and is free from both blame and praise. For him none is specially dear and none is hateful; moving through the world like one indifferent, he wanders on—steady in renunciation and even-mindedness.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse defines the ideal renunciant: one who is free from anger and delusion, equal-minded toward wealth and poverty, untouched by praise and blame, and beyond the social-political reflexes of alliance and enmity. Ethical maturity is shown as inner steadiness—no compulsive liking or disliking—expressed as detached wandering and harmlessness.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Vyāsa describes the marks of a true bhikṣuka (mendicant). Rather than a plot event, this is a didactic characterization meant to guide conduct: how a renouncer should relate to possessions, reputation, and interpersonal conflict.