Shloka 5
Jājali’s Austerities and the Summons to Tulādhāra (जाजलि–तुलाधार-इतिहासः)
यस्तान् पाशान् वशे कृत्वा त॑ वृक्षमपकर्षति । गत: स दुःखयोरन्तं जरामरणयोर्द्धयो:,जो उन वासनाके बन्धनोंको वशमें करके वैराग्यरूप शस्त्रद्वारा उस काम-वृक्षको काट डालता है, वह मनुष्य जरा और मृत्युजनित दोनों प्रकारके दुःखोंसे पार हो जाता है
yastān pāśān vaśe kṛtvā taṁ vṛkṣam apakarṣati | gataḥ sa duḥkhayor antaṁ jarāmaraṇayor dvayoḥ ||
Vyāsa said: Whoever brings those bonds under control and cuts down that tree (of desire) with the weapon of dispassion, that person passes beyond the twofold suffering born of old age and death.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Master the binding impulses of attachment and sever the root of desire through vairāgya (dispassion). This inner conquest leads beyond the existential sufferings associated with aging and death.
In a didactic passage of the Śānti Parva, Vyāsa presents a metaphor: attachments are ‘nooses’ and desire is a ‘tree.’ The one who controls the nooses and cuts down the tree is described as transcending the dual suffering of old age and death.