Shloka 41
अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः
Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’
बुद्धिमन्तं कृतप्रज्ञ शुश्रुषुमनसूयकम् । दान्तं जितेन्द्रियं चापि शोको न स्पृशते नरम्,जो बुद्धिमान, ऊहापोहमें कुशल एवं शिक्षित बुद्धिवाला, अध्यात्मशास्त्रके श्रवणकी इच्छा रखनेवाला, किसीके दोष न देखनेवाला, मनको वशमें रखनेवाला और जितेन्द्रिय है, उस मनुष्यको शोक कभी छू भी नहीं सकता
buddhimantaṁ kṛtaprajñaṁ śuśrūṣum anasūyakam | dāntaṁ jitendriyaṁ cāpi śoko na spṛśate naram ||
婆羅門は言った。「悲しみは、知恵ありて分別に堅く、思索と推論に鍛えられ、内なる自己の教えを聴かんと欲し、他の過失をあげつらわず、身心を制し、諸根を制覇した人には触れない。かかる者は、規律ある理解に根ざし、憂いに揺らがぬ。」
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Grief is overcome not by external change but by inner discipline: cultivated intelligence, steady discernment, willingness to learn spiritual truth, freedom from envy and fault-finding, and mastery over mind and senses. These qualities make one resilient against sorrow.
In Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, a brāhmaṇa speaker describes the traits of an ideal, spiritually trained person and states the result: such a person is not afflicted by śoka (grief). The verse functions as ethical counsel within a broader teaching discourse.