Shloka 38
Sanatsujāta–Dhṛtarāṣṭra Saṃvāda: Pramāda as Mṛtyu
Chapter 42
निवृत्तेनैव दोषेण तपोव्रतमिहाचरेत् । एतदू धातृकृतं वृत्तं सत्यमेव सतां व्रतम्
nivṛttenaiva doṣeṇa tapovratam ihācaret | etad u dhātṛkṛtaṃ vṛttaṃ satyam eva satāṃ vratam ||
ଦୋଷରୁ ନିବୃତ୍ତ ହୋଇ ହିଁ ଏହି ଲୋକରେ ତପ ଓ ବ୍ରତ ଆଚରଣ କରିବା ଉଚିତ—ଏହା ଧାତୃ (ବିଧାତା) ସ୍ଥାପିତ ନିୟମ। ସତ୍ପୁରୁଷମାନଙ୍କର ବ୍ରତ ତ ସତ୍ୟ ହିଁ।
सनत्युजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
Austerity and vows become authentic only when grounded in moral withdrawal from दोष (inner faults). For the virtuous, the central vow is सत्य—truthfulness—presented as the Creator-ordained rule of right conduct.
In the Sanatsujātīya discourse of Udyoga Parva, Sanatsujāta instructs the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra in context) on the nature of true tapas: not external rigor alone, but ethical purification, with truth as the defining discipline of the good.