Shloka 43
अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः
Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’
यन्निमित्तं भवेच्छोकस्तापो वा दुःखमेव च । आयासो वा यतो मूलमेकाज्रमपि तत् त्यजेत्
yan-nimittaṁ bhavec chokaḥ tāpo vā duḥkham eva ca | āyāso vā yato mūlam ekāgram api tat tyajet ||
Tout ce qui devient cause de chagrin, de brûlure de détresse ou de souffrance—et tout ce qui est la racine d’un labeur excessif—doit être abandonné, fût-ce un seul attachement serré avec une fixation d’un seul point. L’enseignement invite à trancher la graine même du chagrin plutôt qu’à en endurer seulement les effets.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Identify the root-cause of grief and suffering—especially a single, tightly held fixation—and abandon it. The verse emphasizes preventive ethics: remove the source rather than repeatedly coping with the pain it generates.
In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, a Brahmin speaker offers counsel on how to live without being driven into sorrow and exhaustion. The instruction is framed as practical guidance: relinquish whatever reliably produces distress, even if it seems small or personally cherished.