Shloka 16
मृत्योर्ब्रह्मणा नियोजनम् — The Commissioning of Mṛtyu by Brahmā
अकृत्रिममसंहार्य प्राकृतं निरुपस्कृतम् अध्यात्मं सुकृतं प्राप्त: सुखमव्ययमश्लुते
akṛtrimam asaṁhāryaṁ prākṛtaṁ nirupaskṛtam | adhyātmaṁ sukṛtaṁ prāpyaḥ sukham avyayam aśnute ||
व्यास उवाच—यः शरीरस्थं ‘सुकृत’नामान्तरं ब्रह्माध्यात्मं प्राप्नोति—अकृत्रिमम्, असंहार्यम्, प्राकृतम्, निरुपस्कृतम्—स अव्ययं सुखं प्राप्नोति।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Imperishable happiness arises from realizing the inner, unconditioned Brahman/Ātman—natural, indestructible, and not dependent on external ‘refinements’ or constructed identities.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation and inner peace, Vyāsa states a doctrinal point: the seeker who attains the adhyātma reality (Brahman within) becomes entitled to enduring bliss, shifting the focus from worldly achievements to Self-realization.