Shloka 22
Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 62 — Duryodhana’s Claim of Victory and Vidura’s Allegories on Discord and Risk
नैष्कर्म्य वा समास्थाय ज्ञानतृप्तो जितेन्द्रिय: । कालाकाडुक्षी चरँंल्लोके ब्रह्म॒ुभूयाय कल्पते,अथवा जो ज्ञानसे तृप्त जितेन्द्रिय पुरुष नैष्कर्म्यका आश्रय लेकर कालकी प्रतीक्षा करता हुआ अनासक्तभावसे लोकमें विचरता रहता है, वह ब्रह्मभावको प्राप्त होनेमें समर्थ होता है
naiṣkarmyaṁ vā samāsthāya jñāna-tṛpto jitendriyaḥ | kālākāṅkṣī caraṁl loke brahma-bhūyāya kalpate ||
Vidura said: “Or else, established in the discipline of desireless action, satisfied through true knowledge and having mastered the senses, a man waits calmly for his appointed time and moves through the world without attachment; such a one is fit to attain the state of Brahman.”
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
A person who is fulfilled by wisdom, has mastered the senses, and lives without attachment—either through the stance of naiṣkarmya (non-selfish action/non-doership) or through renunciant composure—becomes qualified for liberation, described here as attaining Brahmanhood.
In Vidura’s counsel during the Udyoga Parva, he presents an ethical-spiritual ideal: even while living in society, one can remain unattached, patient before destiny, and inwardly steady; such a life is praised as leading toward the highest goal.