Shloka 1
भिक्षुलक्षणम्—एकचर्याः, अहिंसा, कैवल्याश्रमः
Marks of the Mendicant: Solitary Wandering, Non-Injury, and the Kaivalya-Discipline
#दघ>2८5-> (9) बीज - ध्यानयोगके साधकको ऐसे स्थानपर आसन लगाना चाहिये
vyāsa uvāca | atha jñānaplavaṁ dhīro gṛhītvā śāntim ātmanaḥ | unmajjaṁś ca nimajjaṁś ca jñānam evābhisaṁśrayet ||
Vyāsa dit : Alors l’homme ferme, saisissant le radeau de la connaissance véritable pour la paix de son propre être, doit s’appuyer sur la connaissance seule—qu’il émerge ou qu’il sombre au milieu des vagues de l’expérience mondaine.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
One should treat liberating knowledge (jñāna) as the sole refuge for attaining inner peace, remaining steady through both uplift and decline in worldly conditions—like holding a raft while crossing a turbulent ocean.
In the Śānti Parva’s instructional discourse, Vyāsa continues a didactic passage: he urges the listener to navigate saṁsāra’s fluctuations by grasping the ‘raft of knowledge’ and relying on discernment rather than external circumstances.