Shloka 35
Sanatsujāta-Āhvāna (Summoning Sanatsujāta) — Vidura’s Invocation and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Doubt
को हानन्तरमात्मानं ब्राह्मणो हन्तुमरहति । निर्लिड्रमचलं शुद्ध सर्वद्वैतविवर्जितम्
ko hānantaram ātmānaṃ brāhmaṇo hantum arhati | nirlīḍram acalaṃ śuddhaṃ sarvadvaitavivarjitam ||
Wika ni Sanatsujāta: “Sino sa mga brāhmaṇa—yaong tunay na nakaaalam—ang nanaisin pang pabagsakin (ipahamak) ang Sarili, na walang bakas o dungis, di-nagagalaw, dalisay, at ganap na malaya sa lahat ng pagdadalawa? Ang nakakakilala sa Sariling di-naiiba ay walang udyok na saktan ito, sapagkat ito’y lampas sa pinsala at lampas sa mismong diwa ng ‘iba’ na siyang nagpapangyari sa karahasan.”
सनत्युजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Self (Ātman) is pure, unmoving, and beyond all duality; therefore, for one who truly knows it, the very idea of harming or ‘bringing down’ the Self is incoherent. Self-knowledge dissolves the dualistic mindset that fuels violence and moral downfall.
In the Sanatsujātīya section of Udyoga Parva, Sanatsujāta instructs (in a philosophical-ethical register) about the nature of the Self and liberation. This verse argues that a true knower of the Self would not engage in actions rooted in ignorance—such as treating the Self as something that can be injured or degraded.