Shloka 3
भिक्षुलक्षणम्—एकचर्याः, अहिंसा, कैवल्याश्रमः
Marks of the Mendicant: Solitary Wandering, Non-Injury, and the Kaivalya-Discipline
व्यास उवाच यस्तु पश्यन् स्वभावेन विनाभावमचेतन: । पुष्यते च पुनः सर्वान् प्रज्ञया मुक्तहेतुकान्,व्यासजीने कहा--जो यह समझता है कि यह जगत् स्वभावसे ही उत्पन्न है, इसका कोई चेतन मूल कारण नहीं है, वह अज्ञानी मनुष्य व्यर्थ तर्कयुक्त बुद्धिद्वारा हेतुरहित वचनोंका बारंबार पोषण करता रहता है
vyāsa uvāca | yas tu paśyan svabhāvena vinābhāvam acetanaḥ | puṣyate ca punaḥ sarvān prajñayā mukta-hetukān |
Vyāsa berkata: “Namun orang yang, ketika mengamati dunia, menyimpulkan bahwa semuanya muncul semata-mata dari ‘svabhāva’—tanpa asas sadar apa pun—adalah orang yang tidak bijak; dengan kecerdasan yang gemar berdebat ia berulang kali memupuk segala klaim yang tanpa sebab.”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse criticizes the view that the world is produced solely by 'svabhāva' (mere nature) without any conscious grounding or meaningful causality. It warns that such a stance leads one to keep defending baseless claims through argumentative cleverness rather than true discernment.
In Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, Vyāsa is presenting a philosophical evaluation of doctrines about the origin and governance of the world. Here he rebukes a naturalistic, non-conscious-cause explanation and characterizes its proponent as repeatedly propping up causeless assertions.