Shloka 11
Vidyā–Avidyā and the Twenty-Fifth Principle
Sāṃkhya–Yoga Clarification
स्नेहायतननाशाच्च धननाशाच्च पार्थिव । आधिव्याधिप्रतापाच्च निर्वेदमुपगच्छति
snehāyatananāśāc ca dhananāśāc ca pārthiva | ādhivyādhipratāpāc ca nirvedam upagacchati, pṛthvīnātha ||
हे पार्थिव! जेव्हा संसारी मनुष्याच्या स्नेहाचे आधार—स्त्री, पुत्र इत्यादी—नष्ट होतात, धन निघून जाते आणि तो चिंता व रोग यांच्या तापाने दग्ध होतो, तेव्हाच तो निर्वेद (वैराग्य) प्राप्त करतो.
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dispassion (nirveda/vairāgya) in worldly people often arises not from insight alone but from the shock of suffering—loss of loved ones, loss of wealth, and the torment of anxiety and illness—revealing the instability of saṃsāra.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation-oriented ethics, the sage Parāśara addresses a king and explains a common psychological pattern: people turn toward detachment when life’s attachments and securities collapse through bereavement, poverty, and affliction.