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Shloka 24

अरण्यवृत्ति-वैराग्योपदेशः | Forest Discipline and the Program of Non-Attachment

अलाभे सति वा लाभे समदर्शी महातपा: । न जिजीविषुवत्‌ किंचिन्न मुमूर्षवदाचरन्‌,कुछ मिले या न मिले, दोनों ही अवस्थामें मेरी दृष्टि समान होगी। मैं महान्‌ तपमें संलग्न रहकर ऐसा कोई आचरण नहीं करूँगा, जिसे जीने या मरनेकी इच्छावाले लोग करते हैं

alābhe sati vā lābhe samadarśī mahātapāḥ | na jijīviṣuvat kiñcin na mumūrṣuvad ācaran |

લાભ હોય કે અલાભ—બન્ને સ્થિતિમાં મારી દૃષ્ટિ સમ રહેશે. મહાન તપ અને સંયમમાં સ્થિત રહીને હું એવું કોઈ આચરણ નહીં કરું જે જીવવાની લાલસા ધરાવનાર કરે, ન એવું જે મરવાની લાલસા ધરાવનાર કરે.

अलाभेin non-attainment / in loss
अलाभे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअलाभ
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
सतिbeing (when there is)
सति:
Adhikarana
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Locative, Singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
लाभेin gain / in attainment
लाभे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलाभ
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
समदर्शीequanimous / seeing equally
समदर्शी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसमदर्शिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महातपाःa great ascetic
महातपाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहातपस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
जिजीविषुवत्like one desiring to live
जिजीविषुवत्:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootजिजीविषु
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
किंचित्anything
किंचित्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिंचित्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मुमूर्षुवत्like one desiring to die
मुमूर्षुवत्:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootमुमूर्षु
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
आचरन्acting / behaving
आचरन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootआ-चर्
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

To remain steady-minded in both gain and loss, and to avoid actions motivated by desperate attachment to life or by a morbid desire for death—choosing disciplined, dharmic conduct rooted in equanimity.

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner peace, Yudhiṣṭhira articulates a vow-like resolve: he will maintain impartiality toward outcomes and will not let fear, craving, or despair dictate his behavior.