Shloka 32
Sanatsujāta–Dhṛtarāṣṭra Saṃvāda: Pramāda as Mṛtyu
Chapter 42
अप्रिये च समुत्पन्ने व्यथां जातु न गच्छति । इष्टान् पुत्रांश्व दारांश्ष न याचेत कदाचन
apriye ca samutpanne vyathāṁ jātu na gacchati | iṣṭān putrāṁś ca dārāṁś ca na yāceta kadācana ||
Sanatsujāta said: “When something unpleasant arises, one should never fall into distress. Nor should one ever beg for what one holds dear—such as sons and wife—(that is, one should not abase oneself through supplication for cherished attachments).”
सनत्युजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
Maintain inner steadiness when faced with the unpleasant, and avoid degrading dependence expressed as begging for what one is attached to (family and cherished aims). The verse promotes self-mastery and non-attachment as ethical disciplines.
In the Udyoga Parva’s Sanatsujāta-upākhyāna, the sage Sanatsujāta instructs (in a didactic setting) on renunciation-like disciplines: not being shaken by adversity and not resorting to supplication for one’s cherished relations or possessions.