Mahabharata — Shanti Parva, Shloka 19
अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः
Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’
सुखस्यानन्तरं दुःखं दु:खस्यानन्तरं सुखम् | सुखदु:खे मनुष्याणां चक्रवत् परिवर्ततः,सुखके बाद दुःख और दु:खके बाद सुख आता है। मनुष्योंके सुख और दुःख चक्रकी भाँति घूमते रहते हैं
sukhasyānantaraṃ duḥkhaṃ duḥkhasyānantaraṃ sukham | sukhaduḥkhe manuṣyāṇāṃ cakravat parivartataḥ ||
Брахман сказал: «За счастьем приходит горе, а за горем — счастье. У людей счастье и горе сменяют друг друга, вращаясь, как колесо.»
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Happiness and sorrow are not permanent states; they alternate in a cyclical pattern. The ethical implication is to cultivate steadiness (dhairya) and non-attachment, neither becoming intoxicated by pleasure nor crushed by pain.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction-oriented setting, a Brāhmaṇa speaker offers a reflective maxim to guide conduct and mental discipline, emphasizing the recurring alternation of sukha and duḥkha in human life.