Shloka 14
Ārjava, Satya, and the Virocana–Sudhanvan Exemplum
Udyoga-parva 35
यतो यतो निवर्तते ततस्ततो विमुच्यते । निवर्तनाद्धि सर्वतो न वेत्ति दुःखमण्वपि
yato yato nivartate tatastato vimucyate | nivartanād dhi sarvato na vetti duḥkham aṇv api ||
मनुष्य ज्या-ज्या विषयांतून मन मागे घेतो, त्या-त्या विषयांतून तो मुक्त होत जातो; आणि सर्व बाजूंनी पूर्ण निवृत्ती झाली की त्याला कणभरही दुःख जाणवत नाही.
हंस उवाच
Educational Q&A
Freedom from suffering grows in direct proportion to withdrawing the mind from its objects of attachment; complete detachment in all directions results in the absence of even the smallest sorrow.
In a didactic passage of Udyoga Parva, the speaker identified as the Haṃsa (Swan) delivers an instruction on inner discipline: turning the mind away from worldly objects leads step-by-step to liberation and the cessation of suffering.