Shloka 22
Jayadrathasya śoka-bhaya-vilāpaḥ — Droṇena āśvāsanaṃ ca
Jayadratha’s lament and Droṇa’s reassurance
तदहं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि मृत्यो: प्रभवमुत्तमम् । ततस्त्वं मोक्ष्यसे दुःखात् स्नेहबन्धनसंश्रयात्,इसलिये मैं तुम्हें मृत्युकी उत्पत्तिका उत्तम वृत्तान्त बताऊँगा, उसे सुनकर तुम स्नेह- बन्धनके कारण होनेवाले दुःखसे छूट जाओगे
tad ahaṃ sampravakṣyāmi mṛtyoḥ prabhavam uttamam | tatas tvaṃ mokṣyase duḥkhāt snehabandhanasaṃśrayāt ||
ヴィヤーサは言った。「ゆえに今、わたしは“死”の起源についてのすぐれた物語を汝に語ろう。これを聞けば、執着という愛の縄に身を寄せて生じる悲しみから解き放たれるであろう。」
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vyāsa frames knowledge of mortality—specifically, understanding the ‘origin of Death’—as a means to loosen attachment (sneha) and its binding power (bandhana). The ethical point is that clinging and dependence on emotional bonds become a cause of duḥkha, while clear insight leads toward release (mokṣa) from that sorrow.
Vyāsa, as the speaker, promises to narrate an authoritative account concerning how Death came to be. He presents this teaching as therapeutic: by listening and understanding, the listener is expected to overcome grief rooted in attachment and thereby gain inner freedom.