Shloka 10
मृत्योर्ब्रह्मणा नियोजनम् — The Commissioning of Mṛtyu by Brahmā
स कामकान्तो न तु कामकामः: स वै कामात् स्वर्गमुपैति देही
sa kāmakānto na tu kāmakāmaḥ | sa vai kāmāt svargamupaiti dehī |
ヴィヤーサは説く。定慧の人は、欲に駆られる者たちを惹きつけるが、彼自身は感官の享楽を追わない。これに対し、身をもつ者で、身体を我と同一視し快楽を渇望する者は、欲望に引きずられてその果へと赴く――欲に動かされた行為の報いとして天界に至るのであって、内なる自由から生まれる解脱ではない。
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
A steady-minded person may be admired by the desire-driven, but he does not pursue pleasures; the body-identified pleasure-seeker, acting from desire, attains heaven as a karmic result—still within the cycle of results—rather than the freedom that comes from desirelessness.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on conduct and inner discipline, Vyāsa contrasts two orientations: the wise, self-controlled person versus the embodied person ruled by craving, explaining the different destinations produced by their motivations.