Mahabharata — Shanti Parva, Shloka 41
अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः
Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’
बुद्धिमन्तं कृतप्रज्ञ शुश्रुषुमनसूयकम् । दान्तं जितेन्द्रियं चापि शोको न स्पृशते नरम्
buddhimantaṁ kṛtaprajñaṁ śuśrūṣum anasūyakam | dāntaṁ jitendriyaṁ cāpi śoko na spṛśate naram ||
Le brāhmane dit : Le chagrin ne touche pas l’homme intelligent et ferme dans le discernement — formé au raisonnement réfléchi, avide d’entendre l’enseignement du soi intérieur, sans esprit de reproche, maître de lui-même et vainqueur des sens. Un tel caractère, fondé sur une compréhension disciplinée, demeure inébranlé par la douleur.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Grief is overcome not by external change but by inner discipline: cultivated intelligence, steady discernment, willingness to learn spiritual truth, freedom from envy and fault-finding, and mastery over mind and senses. These qualities make one resilient against sorrow.
In Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, a brāhmaṇa speaker describes the traits of an ideal, spiritually trained person and states the result: such a person is not afflicted by śoka (grief). The verse functions as ethical counsel within a broader teaching discourse.