Shloka 7
अरण्यवृत्ति-वैराग्योपदेशः | Forest Discipline and the Program of Non-Attachment
मन:कर्णसुखा नित्यं शृण्वन्नुच्चावचा गिर: । मुदितानामरण्येषु वसतां मृगपक्षिणाम्
manaḥ-karṇa-sukhā nityaṁ śṛṇvann uccāvacā giraḥ | muditānām araṇyeṣu vasatāṁ mṛga-pakṣiṇām ||
ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିର କହିଲେ—ଅରଣ୍ୟରେ ପ୍ରସନ୍ନତାରେ ବସୁଥିବା ମୃଗ ଓ ପକ୍ଷୀମାନଙ୍କର ନାନାପ୍ରକାର ଡାକ, ଯାହା ମନ ଓ କାନକୁ ସୁଖ ଦେଏ—ମୁଁ ନିତ୍ୟ ଶୁଣିବି।
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse values śānti (peace) and sensory restraint: true relief after suffering is found not in domination or noise, but in a simple, non-violent life attuned to nature, where the mind is soothed and the heart becomes fit again for dharma.
In Śānti Parva, Yudhiṣṭhira—burdened by the consequences of war—voices a desire for forest quietude. He imagines living amid contented animals and birds, listening to their varied calls, as a symbol of withdrawing from turmoil toward calm reflection.