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 |
भोग ही उस स्थितप्रज्ञ पुरुष की कामना करते हैं, परंतु वह भोगों की कामना नहीं रखता। जो देहाभिमानी कामभोग चाहनेवाला है, वह कामनाओं के फलस्वरूप स्वर्गलोक को प्राप्त होता है।
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.