Shloka 37
Nārada’s Darśana of Viśvarūpa Nārāyaṇa and the Caturmūrti Doctrine (नारदस्य नारायणदर्शनं चतुर्मूर्तिविचारश्च)
यदा स्तुतिं च निनन््दां च समत्वेनैव पश्यति । काज्चनं चायसं चैव सुखं दुःखं तथैव च,जिस समय मनुष्य निनन््दा और स्तुतिको समान भावसे समझता है, सोना-लोहा, सुख- दुःख, सर्दी-गर्मी, अर्थ-अनर्थ, प्रिय-अप्रिय तथा जीवन-मरणमें भी उसकी समान दृष्टि हो जाती है, उस समय वह साक्षात् ब्रह्मभावको प्राप्त हो जाता है
yadā stutiṁ ca nindāṁ ca samatvenaiva paśyati | kāñcanaṁ cāyasaṁ caiva sukhaṁ duḥkhaṁ tathaiva ca ||
Dijo Janaka: Cuando una persona contempla la alabanza y la censura con perfecta ecuanimidad—viendo por igual el oro y el hierro, y del mismo modo el placer y el dolor—entonces se eleva al estado directo de Brahman, asentado en la igualdad interior y no sacudido por los opuestos del mundo.
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches samatva (equanimity): one should remain inwardly equal toward praise and blame, and toward pairs of opposites like valuable and worthless metals or pleasure and pain. Such steadiness indicates freedom from ego-driven reactions and supports realization of Brahman.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation and right conduct, King Janaka speaks as a teacher of renunciation-in-wisdom, describing the mark of a realized person: an even vision that is not disturbed by social judgment or worldly contrasts.