Shloka 19
Nārāyaṇasya Guhya-nāmāni Niruktāni (Etymologies of Nārāyaṇa’s Secret Epithets) / नारायणस्य गुह्यनामानि निरुक्तानि
आकिज्चन्यं सुसंतोषो निराशीस्त्वमचापलम् | एतदाहुः: परं श्रेय आत्मज्ञस्थ जितात्मन:
ākiñcanyaṁ susantoṣo nirāśīs tvam acāpalam | etad āhuḥ paraṁ śreya ātmā-jñasya jitātmanaḥ ||
Nārada dit : «Le non-attachement aux possessions, le contentement profond, l’absence de désir et la stabilité sans agitation—voilà ce qui est proclamé comme le Bien suprême pour celui qui connaît le Soi et s’est maîtrisé.»
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
For a person established in Self-knowledge and self-mastery, the highest welfare lies in four disciplines: not accumulating possessions (ākiñcanya), remaining content (susantoṣa), abandoning craving/expectation (nirāśīs), and maintaining steady composure without mental fickleness (acāpalam).
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation-oriented conduct, Nārada delivers a concise ethical-spiritual prescription, identifying inner renunciation and mental steadiness as the marks of the Self-knower and as the means to supreme good.