Shloka 14

Sanatsujāta–Dhṛtarāṣṭra Saṃvāda: Brahmacarya and the Formless Brahman

Udyoga Parva 44

Devanagari script

द्रव्यवान्‌ गुणवानेवं त्यागी भवति सात््विक: । पज्च भूतानि पञ्चभ्यो निवर्तयति तादृश:,जो धनी गृहस्थ इस प्रकार गुणवान्‌, त्यागी और सात््विक होता है, वह अपनी पाँचों इन्द्रियोंसे पाँचों विषयोंको हटा देता है

Transliteration

dravyavān guṇavān evaṁ tyāgī bhavati sāttvikaḥ | pañca bhūtāni pañcabhyo nivartayati tādṛśaḥ ||

Translation

ສະນັດສຸຊາຕະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຄົນຄອບຄົວຜູ້ມີຊັບ ແລະມີຄຸນທຳ ຜູ້ດຳລົງຊີວິດດ້ວຍຈິດໃຈແຫ່ງການສະຫຼະ ຍ່ອມເປັນ sāttvika. ຄົນເຊັ່ນນັ້ນຍັບຍັ້ງອິນຊີທັງຫ້າ ໃຫ້ຖອນກັບຈາກອາລົມວັດຖຸທັງຫ້າ ແລະບໍ່ໃຫ້ໃຈຖືກລາກອອກໄປພາຍນອກ»។

Word by Word

द्रव्यवान्wealthy, possessing resources

गुणवान्virtuous, possessing good qualities

एवम्thus, in this manner

त्यागीrenouncing, generous

भवतिbecomes, is

सात्त्विकःsattvic, of pure disposition

पञ्चfive

भूतानिbeings; (here) elements/senses (contextual)

पञ्चभ्यःfrom five (as a numeral base for the following form)

निवर्तयतिturns back, withdraws, restrains

तादृशःsuch (a one), of that kind

Speaker

सनत्युजात उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanatsujata

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True sāttvika living is not mere possession or status but inner renunciation: even while wealthy and active as a householder, one should withdraw the senses from their objects and live with disciplined detachment.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Sanatsujātīya discourse of Udyoga Parva, Sanatsujāta instructs on spiritual and ethical discipline, describing the ideal householder who cultivates virtue and restrains the senses.