Shloka 42
अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः
Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’
एतां बुद्धिं समास्थाय गुप्तचित्तश्नरेद् बुध: । उदयास्तमयज्ञं हि न शोक: स्प्रष्टमहति
etāṁ buddhiṁ samāsthāya guptacittaḥ śnared budhaḥ | udayāstamayajñaṁ hi na śokaḥ spraṣṭum arhati ||
एतां बुद्धिं समास्थाय गुप्तचित्तश्चरेद् बुधः । उदयास्तमयज्ञं हि न शोकः स्प्रष्टुमर्हति ॥
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Firmly grounded in right discernment, one should guard the mind from inner foes (like desire and anger) and live with disciplined conduct; knowledge of impermanence—arising and passing away—makes grief powerless.
A Brahmin speaker continues an instruction in the Śānti Parva, urging a listener toward inner restraint and philosophical clarity: by taking refuge in this insight and protecting the mind, one becomes untouched by sorrow.