Shloka 35
Sanatsujāta-Āhvāna (Summoning Sanatsujāta) — Vidura’s Invocation and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Doubt
को हानन्तरमात्मानं ब्राह्मणो हन्तुमरहति । निर्लिड्रमचलं शुद्ध सर्वद्वैतविवर्जितम्
ko hānantaram ātmānaṃ brāhmaṇo hantum arhati | nirlīḍram acalaṃ śuddhaṃ sarvadvaitavivarjitam ||
ສນັດສຸຊາຕະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໃນບັນດາພຣາຫມັນ ຜູ້ໃດທີ່ຮູ້ແທ້ ຈະປາຖະໜາຈະທໍາລາຍ (ໃຫ້ຕົກຕໍ່າ) ອາຕະມັນທີ່ບໍ່ມີຮອຍ ບໍ່ມີມົນທິນ ບໍ່ເຄື່ອນໄຫວ ບໍລິສຸດ ແລະ ພົ້ນຈາກຄວາມເປັນຄູ່ທັງປວງ? ຜູ້ຮູ້ອາຕະມັນອັນບໍ່ແຕກຕ່າງນັ້ນ ບໍ່ມີແຮງຈູງໃຈຈະເຮັດຮ້າຍມັນ ເພາະມັນຢູ່ເໜືອການບາດເຈັບ ແລະ ເໜືອແມ່ນແຕ່ແນວຄິດ ‘ຄົນອື່ນ’ ທີ່ເຮັດໃຫ້ຄວາມຮຸນແຮງເປັນໄປໄດ້»។
सनत्युजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Self (Ātman) is pure, unmoving, and beyond all duality; therefore, for one who truly knows it, the very idea of harming or ‘bringing down’ the Self is incoherent. Self-knowledge dissolves the dualistic mindset that fuels violence and moral downfall.
In the Sanatsujātīya section of Udyoga Parva, Sanatsujāta instructs (in a philosophical-ethical register) about the nature of the Self and liberation. This verse argues that a true knower of the Self would not engage in actions rooted in ignorance—such as treating the Self as something that can be injured or degraded.