Shloka 88
Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154
सुखस्यानन्तरं दुःखं दुःखस्यानन्तरं सुखम्
sukhasyānantaraṃ duḥkhaṃ duḥkhasyānantaraṃ sukham
Jambuka dit : «Après le bonheur vient la peine, et après la peine vient le bonheur. Qu’on comprenne ainsi l’alternance des choses du monde et qu’on demeure ferme : ni grisé par le plaisir, ni brisé par la douleur.»
जम्बुक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Pleasure and pain alternate in worldly life; recognizing this, one should cultivate steadiness (samatā), avoiding attachment to सुख and aversion to दुःख, and act according to dharma without being swayed by changing circumstances.
In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, Jambuka delivers a concise instruction: he points to the inevitable succession of सुख and दुःख as a basis for ethical composure and inner discipline.