Shloka 20
धर्मसूक्ष्मे त्यागप्रधान्यविचारः
Subtle Dharma and the Primacy of Renunciation
कल्याणगोचरं कृत्वा मनस्तृष्णां निगृह[ च । कर्मसंततिमुत्सृज्य स्यान्निरालम्बन: सुखी,अतः (मनुष्यको चाहिये कि) मनको कल्याणके मार्गमें लगाकर तृष्णाको रोके और कर्मोकी परम्पराका परित्याग करके धन-जन आदिके अवलम्बसे दूर हो सुखी हो जाय
kalyāṇa-gocaraṁ kṛtvā manas-tṛṣṇāṁ nigṛhya ca | karma-santatim utsṛjya syān nirālambanaḥ sukhī ||
Yudhiṣṭhira disse: “Que a pessoa volte a mente para o que é bom e auspicioso, refreie a ânsia e abandone a cadeia interminável de ações movidas pelo desejo. Livre de depender de apoios como riqueza, família e posses, torna-se feliz—sem se apoiar em nada externo.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Happiness is stabilized by directing the mind toward the auspicious, restraining craving (tṛṣṇā), and relinquishing the desire-driven chain of actions; one should become ‘nirālambana’—not dependent on external supports like wealth or social attachments.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation after the war, Yudhiṣṭhira articulates a renunciatory ethic: inner discipline and detachment from worldly props are presented as the means to lasting well-being.