Shloka 10
Vidyā–Avidyā and the Twenty-Fifth Principle
Sāṃkhya–Yoga Clarification
तथा हि बुद्धियुक्तानां शाश्रृतं ब्रह्मवादिनाम् । अन्विच्छतां शुभं कर्म नराणां त्यजतां सुखम्
tathā hi buddhiyuktānāṃ śāśvataṃ brahmavādinām | anvicchatāṃ śubhaṃ karma narāṇāṃ tyajatāṃ sukham ||
Car en vérité, les sages qui proclament le Brahman, doués d’une intelligence stable et équilibrée—qui recherchent et accomplissent des actes auspices, tout en renonçant au désir d’en tirer une jouissance personnelle—atteignent l’état éternel. L’enseignement souligne que l’action disciplinée, sans convoitise de ses fruits, est la voie éthique vers le bien suprême.
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Perform wholesome (śubha) action with a disciplined, balanced intellect, while renouncing the craving for personal pleasure as the reward; such fruitless, equanimous action leads to the eternal goal.
Parāśara is instructing his listener in a didactic passage of the Śānti Parva, explaining the conduct of brahmavādins: they continue to pursue auspicious duties but abandon attachment to सुख (personal enjoyment), thereby attaining the eternal state.