Shloka 10
मृत्योर्ब्रह्मणा नियोजनम् — The Commissioning of Mṛtyu by Brahmā
स कामकान्तो न तु कामकामः: स वै कामात् स्वर्गमुपैति देही
sa kāmakānto na tu kāmakāmaḥ | sa vai kāmāt svargamupaiti dehī |
Vyāsa explique que l’homme à la sagesse stable attire ceux que le désir pousse, mais que lui-même ne court pas après les jouissances des sens. À l’inverse, l’être incarné qui s’identifie au corps et convoite les plaisirs est emporté par ses désirs vers leurs fruits : il atteint le ciel comme récompense d’actes mus par le désir, et non la délivrance née de la liberté intérieure.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
A steady-minded person may be admired by the desire-driven, but he does not pursue pleasures; the body-identified pleasure-seeker, acting from desire, attains heaven as a karmic result—still within the cycle of results—rather than the freedom that comes from desirelessness.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on conduct and inner discipline, Vyāsa contrasts two orientations: the wise, self-controlled person versus the embodied person ruled by craving, explaining the different destinations produced by their motivations.