Shloka 22
Sanatsujāta–Dhṛtarāṣṭra Saṃvāda: Pramāda as Mṛtyu
Chapter 42
दमस्त्यागो<प्रमादश्न एतेष्वमृतमाहितम् | तानि सत्यमुखान्याहुर्ब्राह्मणा ये मनीषिण:
damas tyāgo 'pramādaś ca eteṣv amṛtam āhitam | tāni satyamukhāny āhur brāhmaṇā ye manīṣiṇaḥ ||
Sanatsujāta berkata: “Pengendalian diri, pelepasan, dan kewaspadaan tanpa kelengahan—di dalam ketiganya tersimpan keabadian. Para Brahmana bijak menyatakan inilah gerbang-gerbang utama menuju Kebenaran.”
सनत्युजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
Immortality (amṛtatva) is attained not through external status but through inner discipline: self-restraint (dama), renunciation (tyāga), and constant alertness against moral and spiritual negligence (apramāda). These are presented as the primary ‘gateways’ that lead one into truth.
In Udyoga Parva, Sanatsujāta instructs the listener on higher dharma and liberation-oriented ethics. Here he condenses his counsel into three foundational practices, citing the testimony of wise Brahmins that these are the foremost means leading to truth and deathlessness.