Shloka 13
अध्याय २६ — युद्ध-निन्दा, काम-दोष, तथा धार्तराष्ट्र-नीति-विश्लेषण
War-aversion, Desire as a Policy Fault, and Analysis of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Governance
जहाति मृत्युं च जरां भयं च न क्षुत्पिपासे मनसो5प्रियाणि । न कर्तव्यं विद्यते तत्र किज्चि- दन्यत्र वै चेन्द्रियप्रीणनाद्धि
jahāti mṛtyuṁ ca jarāṁ bhayaṁ ca na kṣutpipāse manaso ’priyāṇi | na kartavyaṁ vidyate tatra kiñcid anyatra vai cendriyaprīṇanād dhi ||
संजय बोले—पुण्यात्मा पुरुष (स्वर्गलोक में जाकर) मृत्यु, जरा और भय को त्याग देता है; तथा मन को अप्रिय भूख-प्यास भी वहाँ नहीं रहती। वहाँ इन्द्रियों को तृप्त करने के सिवा और कोई कर्तव्य नहीं होता।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse characterizes heaven as a state where mortal afflictions—death, aging, fear, hunger, and thirst—do not operate, and where the usual framework of obligation (kartavya) is absent; only the experience of sense-pleasure remains. Implicitly, it contrasts worldly dharma and effort with a reward-state defined by enjoyment rather than duty.
Sañjaya is describing the condition of a पुण्यात्मा (virtuous person) in the next world, presenting svarga as a realm of freedom from suffering and from the need to perform further duties, emphasizing the fruition of merit as pleasurable experience.