Shloka 34
अव्यक्तकालमान-निर्णयः
Measures of Time from the Unmanifest; Creation, Elements, and the Primacy of Mind
सदा देवा: साधुभि: संवदन्ते न मानुषं विषयं यान्ति द्रष्टम् नेन्दु: सम: स्थादसमो हि वायु- रुच्चावचं विषयं यः स वेद,देवतालोग सदा सत्पुरुषोंका संग--उन्हींके साथ वार्तालाप करते हैं; इसीलिये वे मनुष्योंके क्षणभंगुर भोगोंकी ओर देखने भी नहीं जाते। जो विभिन्न विषयोंके नश्वर स्वभावको ठीक-ठीक जानता है, उसकी समानता न चन्द्रमा कर सकते हैं न वायु
sadā devāḥ sādhubhiḥ saṃvadante na mānuṣaṃ viṣayaṃ yānti draṣṭum | nenduḥ samaḥ sthād asamo hi vāyur uccāvacaṃ viṣayaṃ yaḥ sa veda ||
白鳥は言った。「神々は常に善き人々と交わり、彼らと語らう。ゆえに、人間が執着する刹那の享楽に目を向けることすらない。感官の対象が滅びやすく、絶えず移ろう本性を真に知る者は、比類なき存在である—月も風も、これに及ばぬ。」
हंस उवाच
Educational Q&A
True excellence lies in discerning the impermanent, fluctuating nature of sense-objects and not being drawn to them. The verse links divine stature with satsanga (association with the virtuous) and with a steady, discriminating knowledge that transcends ordinary comparisons.
In the Shanti Parva’s instructional setting, the speaker ‘Haṃsa’ delivers a didactic statement: the gods are portrayed as continually conversing with the virtuous and therefore remaining uninterested in transient human pleasures; the verse then praises the knower of the changing nature of worldly objects as incomparable.