Shloka 38
अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः
Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’
मूर्ख मनुष्य स्वर्गमें देवताओंकी भाँति सदा विषयसुखमें मग्न रहते हैं; क्योंकि उनका चित्त विषया-सक्तिके कीचड़में लथपथ होकर मोहित हो जाता है ।।
mūrkhaḥ manuṣyaḥ svargam iva devatāvat sadā viṣaya-sukheṣu magnaḥ tiṣṭhati; tasya cittaṃ viṣayāsakti-paṅke liptam mohitam bhavati. sukhaṃ duḥkhāntam ālasyaṃ, duḥkhaṃ dākṣyaṃ sukha-udayam. bhūtis tv evaṃ śriyā sārdhaṃ dakṣe vasati nālase.
मूढा नित्यं विषयासक्ताः प्रमुदिता दिवि देवगणा इव । विषयासक्तिपङ्केन लिप्तं चित्तं विमोहितम् ॥ सुखं दुःखान्तमालस्यं दुःखं दाक्ष्यं सुखोदयम् । भूतिस्त्वेवं श्रिया सार्धं दक्षे वसति नालसे ॥
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Pleasure that comes from idleness and sense-indulgence is deceptive: it begins as comfort but ends in suffering. Diligent, skillful effort may feel difficult at first, yet it produces lasting happiness and attracts prosperity (Śrī/Lakṣmī).
In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, a Brahmin speaker delivers moral instruction, contrasting the deluded life of attachment and laziness with the fruitful path of competence and sustained effort.