Shloka 14

Adhyaya 4 — Jaimini Meets the Dharmapakshis: Four Doubts on the Mahabharata and the Opening of Narayana Doctrine

Sanskrit

इति सञ्चिन्त्य मनसा न शोकं कर्तुमर्हथ ।

ज्ञानस्य फलमेतावच्छोकहर्षैरधृष्यता ॥

Transliteration

iti sañcintya manasā na śokaṃ kartum arhatha |

jñānasya phalam etāvac chokaharṣair adhṛṣyatā ||

Translation

एवं मनसि विचिन्त्य त्वं शोकं नानुविधीयताम्। एष एव हि सम्यग्ज्ञानफलः—यत् शोकहर्षाभ्यां नाभिभूयते॥

Speakers

• Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed to identify the exact speaker within Adhyaya 4)

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Jnana
• Vairagya (dispassion)
• Equanimity
• Ethics of self-control
• Freedom from dvandvas (pairs of opposites)