Shloka 16
Sanatsujāta–Dhṛtarāṣṭra Saṃvāda: Brahmacarya and the Formless Brahman
Udyoga Parva 44
द्वादशैते महादोषा मनुष्यप्राणनाशना: । सनत्सुजातजी कहते हैं--राजन्! शोक
dvādaśaite mahādoṣā manuṣyaprāṇanāśanāḥ | yato yajñāḥ pravardhante satyasyaivāvaro dhanāt | manasānyasya bhavati vācānyasyātha karmaṇā ||
सनत्सुजात म्हणाले—राजन्! हे बारा महादोष मनुष्यांचे प्राण नष्ट करणारे आहेत: शोक, क्रोध, लोभ, काम, मान, अतिनिद्रा, ईर्ष्या, मोह, तृष्णा, कायरता, गुणांत दोष पाहणे आणि निंदा. सत्यस्वरूप ब्रह्माचे ज्ञान न झाल्यामुळेच सकाम यज्ञांची वाढ होते; कोणाचा यज्ञ मनाने, कोणाचा वाणीने, तर कोणाचा देहकर्माने पूर्ण होतो.
सनत्युजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sanatsujāta warns that twelve inner vices are ‘life-destroying’ and urges ethical self-governance. He further reframes yajña as not merely an external rite: sacrifice can be mental, verbal, or physical, and when Truth (Brahman/Satya) is not realized, people multiply desire-driven rituals instead of pursuing inner realization.
In Udyoga Parva, Sanatsujāta instructs King Dhṛtarāṣṭra during a grave political-moral crisis preceding the war. The teaching turns from courtly anxiety to spiritual counsel: identifying destructive emotions and redirecting attention from outward, wealth-linked ritualism to inner discipline and truth-awareness.