Shloka 31
अध्याय २९४ — योगलक्षणम् तथा सांख्यपरिसंख्यानम्
Yoga Definition and Sāṃkhya Enumeration
यदा व्यपेतहल्लेखं मनो भवति तस्य वै | नानृतं चैव भवति तदा कल्याणमृच्छति,जब मनुष्यका मन कामना और कर्म-संस्कारोंसे रहित हो जाता है तथा वह मिथ्याचारसे रहित हो जाता है, उस समय उसे कल्याणकी प्राप्ति होती है
yadā vyapetahallekhaṁ mano bhavati tasya vai | nānṛtaṁ caiva bhavati tadā kalyāṇam ṛcchati ||
Parāśara said: When a person’s mind becomes free from the stains left by harmful impulses and impressions, and when he is also free from untruth and deceit, then he attains true welfare—spiritual well-being and auspicious good.
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Welfare (kalyāṇa) arises from inner purification: the mind must be cleansed of harmful stains/impulses and one must abandon untruth. Ethical truthfulness and mental clarity together are presented as the direct cause of spiritual good.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction-oriented setting, Parāśara delivers a concise teaching on self-discipline: he defines the condition under which a person reaches kalyāṇa—when the mind is free from taints and one’s conduct is free from falsehood.