Shloka 13
अध्याय ३३१: नारायणकथा-प्रशंसा तथा नारदस्य श्वेतद्वीप-निवृत्ति एवं बदरी-आगमनम् | Chapter 331: Praise of the Nārāyaṇa Narrative; Nārada’s Return from Śvetadvīpa and Arrival at Badarī
प्रज्ञया मानसं दु:खं हन्याच्छारीरमौषधै: । एतद् विज्ञानसामर्थ्य न बालै: समतामियात्
prajñayā mānasaṃ duḥkhaṃ hanyāc chārīram auṣadhaiḥ | etad vijñāna-sāmarthyaṃ na bālaiḥ samatām iyāt ||
Dijo Nārada: «Con discernimiento debe uno abatir la pena que nace en la mente; con medicinas debe curar las dolencias del cuerpo. Tal es el poder del verdadero conocimiento: los niños y los inmaduros no alcanzan a igualarlo».
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Mental suffering is best remedied through prajñā (discernment and right understanding), while physical ailments are treated through medicines; the verse elevates inner knowledge as a distinctive power not reached by the immature.
Nārada is instructing the listener in Shānti Parva on practical and ethical self-governance, distinguishing the appropriate means for curing mental distress versus bodily disease and praising the maturity of true knowledge.