Shloka 28
Sanatsujāta–Dhṛtarāṣṭra Saṃvāda: Pramāda as Mṛtyu
Chapter 42
श्रेयांस्तु षड्विधस्त्याग: श्रियं प्राप्प न हृष्यति । इष्टापूर्ते द्वितीयं स्यान्नित्यवैराग्ययोगत:
śreyāṁs tu ṣaḍvidhas tyāgaḥ śriyaṁ prāpya na hṛṣyati | iṣṭāpūrte dvitīyaṁ syān nityavairāgyayogataḥ rājendra ||
Sanatsujāta mengajarkan sang raja: renunsiasi tertinggi ada enam macam. Pertama: meski memperoleh kemakmuran (Lakṣmī), jangan menjadi mabuk kegirangan. Kedua: persembahkan harta untuk persembahan suci dan kebajikan umum—seperti yajña, homa, serta membangun sumur, kolam, dan taman. Ketiga: dengan vairāgya yang senantiasa, lepaskan hasrat (kāma); para resi menyebutnya sebagai jalan menuju mokṣa yang tak terkatakan.
सनत्युजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
Renunciation is not only giving up possessions; it is primarily inner discipline: do not become elated by prosperity, and direct wealth toward sacred rites and public welfare. Such restraint and generosity, supported by steady dispassion (vairāgya), prepares the mind for liberation-oriented living.
In the Sanatsujātīya section of Udyoga Parva, Sanatsujāta instructs the king (addressed as rājendra) on spiritual ethics. Here he begins enumerating the superior, sixfold forms of tyāga, starting with equanimity in fortune and the practice of iṣṭa-pūrta (religious offerings and public benefactions).