Shloka 15
आत्माराम: प्रसन्नात्मा जडान्धबधिराकृति: । अकुर्वाण: परै: काज्चित् संविदं जातु कैरपि,आत्माके चिन्तनमें ही सुखका अनुभव करूँगा, मनको सदा प्रसन्न रखूँगा, कभी किसी दूसरेके साथ कोई बातचीत नहीं करूँगा, गूँगों, अंधों और बहरोंके समान न किसीसे कुछ कहूँगा, न किसीको देखूँगा और न किसीकी सुनूँगा
ātmārāmaḥ prasannātmā jaḍāndhabadhirākṛtiḥ | akurvāṇaḥ paraiḥ kāñcit saṃvidaṃ jātu kair api ||
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “I shall delight only in the Self and keep my inner being ever serene. Taking on the manner of one who is dull, blind, and deaf, I will never enter into any conversation with anyone; I will neither speak to others, nor look at them, nor listen to them—finding contentment solely in self-contemplation.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches radical inwardness: cultivating serenity and self-sufficiency by withdrawing from social exchange and sensory engagement, as a discipline of detachment and self-contemplation.
Yudhiṣṭhira expresses an intention to renounce ordinary interaction—speaking, seeing, and hearing—adopting an outwardly unresponsive demeanor, and to seek peace through absorption in the Self.