Shloka 12
मृत्योर्ब्रह्मणा नियोजनम् — The Commissioning of Mṛtyu by Brahmā
तपसोपनिषत त्यागस्त्यागस्योपनिषत् सुखम् । सुखस्योपनिषत् स्वर्ग: स्वर्गस्योपनिषच्छम:,तपस्याका सार है त्याग, त्यागका सार है सुख, सुखका सार है स्वर्ग और स्वर्गका सार है शान्ति
tapasopaniṣat tyāgas tyāgasyopaniṣat sukham | sukhasyopaniṣat svargaḥ svargasyopaniṣac chamaḥ ||
Dijo Vyāsa: «La esencia interior de la austeridad (tapas) es la renuncia (tyāga); la esencia de la renuncia es la felicidad; la esencia de la felicidad es el cielo (svarga); y la esencia del cielo es la paz, el sosiego (śama). Así, la enseñanza traza una ascensión moral desde la disciplina hasta el bien supremo: una libertad serena, libre de perturbación».
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a graded chain of values: true austerity matures into renunciation; renunciation yields genuine happiness; happiness corresponds to a higher, meritorious state (svarga); and the highest essence even of heaven is inner peace (śama). It shifts attention from external rewards to the culminating goal of tranquility.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and the life of restraint, Vyāsa delivers a compact aphorism-like teaching that summarizes the hierarchy of spiritual aims, emphasizing peace as the final refinement of all sought-after goods.