Shloka 46
अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः
Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’
यच्च कामसुखं लोके यच्च दिव्यं महत् सुखम् | तृष्णाक्षयसुखस्यैते नाहत: षोडशीं कलाम्,संसारमें जो कुछ इस लोकके भोगोंका सुख है और जो स्वर्गका महान् सुख है, वे दोनों तृष्णाक्षयसे होनेवाले सुखकी सोलहवीं कलाके बराबर भी नहीं हैं
yacca kāmasukhaṁ loke yacca divyaṁ mahat sukham | tṛṣṇākṣayasukhasyaite nāhataḥ ṣoḍaśīṁ kalām ||
Sang Brāhmaṇa berkata: Segala kenikmatan indera di dunia ini, dan segala kebahagiaan besar yang bersifat surgawi di alam sana—kedua-duanya tidak menyamai walau seperenam belas daripada kebahagiaan yang lahir daripada lenyapnya dahaga keinginan.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Worldly and even heavenly pleasures are minor compared to the peace and joy that come from ending craving; liberation-oriented happiness is qualitatively superior because it is not dependent on external objects and does not renew bondage.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, a Brāhmaṇa speaker contrasts ordinary sense-pleasures and celestial enjoyments with the higher happiness of tṛṣṇākṣaya (the fading away of thirst), urging an inward ethical turn toward detachment.